J  S 


THE  ORDINANCES 


OF   THE 


CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


A  Municipal  Corporation  of  the  State  of 
California  under  a  Freeholders  Charter 


IRLF 


REVISED  AND  CODIFIED 

With  an  Appendix  containing  the  Charter  of  said 
City  and  Amendments  thereto 


GIFT  OF 
Jm  ~B.  Cress 


THE  ORDINANCES 


OF    THE 


CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


A  Municipal  Corporation  of  the  State  of 
California  under  a  Freeholders  Charter 


REVISED  AND   CODIFIED 

With   an  Appendix  containing   the  Charter  of  said 
City   and   Amendments  thereto 

NOVEMBER   1911 


STANFORD  UNIVERSITY 
PRESS 


ORDINANCE  NO.  61 

AN  ORDINANCE  TO  ADOPT  CODIFIED  ORDINANCE  No.  i 
OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO,  AS  PRINTED  AND 
PUBLISHED  IN  BOOK  FORM. 

The  Council  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  do  ordain  as  folloi^s: 
That  certain  ordinance  known  as  Codified  Ordinance 
No.  i  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  (being  a  codification  of 
ordinances  that  had  been  previously  duly  and  regularly 
passed),  was  adopted  and  duly  passed  at  a  regular  ad- 
journed meeting  of  the  Council  on  the  26th  day  of  June, 
1911,  and  said  Codified  Ordinance  No.  i,  together  with 
all  corrections,  alterations  and  amendments  thereto  sub- 
sequently passed,  is  hereby  adopted  as  printed  and  pub- 
lished and  introduced  in  book  form,  this  I3th  day  of 
November,  1911. 

The  City  Clerk  is  hereby  directed  to  post  this  ordi- 
nance on  the  bulletin-board  at  the  City  Hall,  and  the  same 
shall  go  into  effect  immediately. 

Duly  passed  as  above  set  forth  by  the  following  vote : 
Ayes: — Ackley,  Congdon,  Downing,  Henry,  Hettin- 
ger,   Hyde,   Jordan,   La   Peire,   Millis,   Mosher,   Thoits. 
Umphreys,  Vail,  Vandervoort. 
Noes : — None. 
Absent: — Wing. 

Approved  by  me  this  I3th  day  of  November,  1911, 

C.  E.  JORDAN,  Mayor. 
ISEAL] 

Attest: — FRANK  KASSON,  City  Clerk. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  above  ordinance  was  duly 
passed  and  posted  as  above  directed. 

FRANK  KASSON,  City  Clerk. 
[SEAL] 


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SUMMARY  OF  CONTENTS  AND 
GENERAL  INDEX 

PAGE 

Incorporation    21 

History  of   Ordinances   Originally   Enacted 22 

Ordinance  No.  54,  Providing  for  Incorporation ....  33 

Codified  Ordinance  No.  i,  City 35 

Title    35 

Enacting  Clause 35, 

PART  I— CITY  GOVERNMENT 
Art.  i.     CITY  COUNCIL 

Sec.    i.  Regular  meetings   36 

2.  Special  meetings 36 

3.  Meetings  to  be  public 36 

4.  Quorum    36 

5.  Duties  of  Mayor 36 

6.  $300  limit 37 

7.  Order  of  business 37 

8.  Standing  committees   37 

9.  Duties,  Committee  No.  i  38 

"      10.           "                       "                  "2     38 

"ii.                                   "3  38 

"      12.           "                       "                  "     4     38 

"13-                                     "5   38 

14.  Additional  duties 38 

15.  Filing  claims  on  contract 39 

1 6.  Filing  claims  not  on  contract 39 

17.  Claims — verification    39 

"    18.  Creating  debts '.....  39 

"    19.  Votes  by  roll  call 39 

Art.  II.     ORDINANCES  AND  PUBLICATIONS 

Sec.    i .  Passage 39 

2.  Publication 39 

3-  Rates 40 

4.  Acceptance  of  work 40 

Art.  III.     ELECTIONS 

Sec.    i.  General  and  special  municipal  elections ....  40 

"      2.  Precincts 40 

3.  Polling  places   40 

"      4.  Election  boards  40 


4  THE    CITY    OF   PALO    ALTO 

Sec.    5. 

Subdiv.    I.  Nomination  and  election  of  officers  41 

2.  Requirements  of  candidacy 41 

3.  Form  of  nomination  petition 41 

4.  Forms  supplied  by  City  Clerk.  ...  42 

5.  Requirements  of  certificates 42 

6.  Verification   deputies    42 

7.  Date  of  presenting  petition 42 

8.  Examination   of  petitions  by  City 

Clerk ".   43 

9.  Withdrawal  of  signature 43 

10.  Withdrawal  of  candidate 43 

11.  Filing  of  petitions   43 

12.  Preservation  of  petitions    43 

13.  Election  proclamation    43 

14.  Form  of  ballot 44 

15.  Requirements  of  ballot   44 

"       1 6.  Every  nominee  to  be  on  ballot.  ...  44 

"       17.  Space  for  voting  cross 44 

"       1 8.  Blank  spaces  for  additional  candi- 
dates    44 

"       19.  Sample  ballot 44 

"       20.  Votes  necessary  for  election 45 

"       21.  Second  election  45 

"       22.  Date  of  second  election 45 

"       23.  Rules  covering  second  election  ...  45 

"       24.  Failure  to  qualify 45 

"       25.  Informalities  in  election   45 

Sec.    6. 

Subdiv.    i.  General  election  regulations 45 

2.  Voting  machines 46 

Art.  IV.     OFFICIALS,  BOARDS  OR  DEPARTMENTS     • 

Sec.    i.  Enumeration  of  officials,  boards  or  depart- 
ments     46 

"      2.  Purchases  to  be  made  by  requisition 46 

"      3.  City  Clerk  and  Assessor 46 

4.  Auditor  and  Tax  Collector 47 

"      5.  Treasurer   47 

6.  Deputy  Auditor  and  Tax  Collector 47 

41      7.  Books  and  records   47 

""      8.  Meetings  of  boards 47 

"      9.  Special  meetings  47 

"    10.  Presiding  officer  and  quorum 47 

"    ii.  Order  of  business 48 

12.  Reports  of  boards    48 

4t    13.  Financial  statement  .  . 48 


CONTENTS    AND    GENERAL    INDEX  5, 

Sec.  14.  City   Engineer  and   ex-officio   Superinten- 
dent of  Streets 48 

"    15.  Police  department 48 

1 6.  Sanitary  condition  of  City — Health  Officer  49 

"    17.  Salary  of  Health  Officer 50 

"    1 8.  Violation  of  sanitary  rules  50 

"    19.  Penalty    50 

"    20.  Powers  of  appointment  and  removal 50 

PART  II— REVENUE 

Art.  I.  ASSESSMENT,  LEVY  AND  COLLECTION  OF  TAXES 

Scj.    i.  Assessment    51 

2.  Notice  of  equalization 52 

3.  Penalty   52 

4.  Personal  property  tax 52 

5.  Sale  of  personal  property  for  taxes 52 

6.  Board  of   Equalization    53 

7.  Clerk  to  enter  changes  on  assessment  books  53 

8.  Tax   levy 53 

9.  Clerk  to  enter  in  assessment  book  taxes  to 

be  paid  on  property 54 

10.  Tax  Collector  to  give  notice  of  time  when 

taxes   must  be   paid    54 

11.  Receipt  for  taxes  paid 54 

12.  Tax  Collector — duties 55 

13.  Delinquent  taxes — penalty 55 

14.  Delinquent  list 55 

"    15.  Publication  of  delinquent  list 55 

"    1 6.  Copy  of  publication  to  be  filed  with  County 

Recorder   56 

"    17.  Additional  costs 56 

18.  Tax  sale 56 

19.  Certificate  of  sale 56 

:    20.  Filing  certificate  and  redemption  of  prop- 
erty   57 

21.  Property  to  be  assessed  in  name  of  the  City  57 

"    22.  Tax  deed 57 

;    23.  Inspection     of     delinquent     list,     personal 
property    settlement      and    affidavit    of 

assessor 57~58 

'    24.  Errors  in  collection  of  taxes 58 

"    25.  Double  assessment 58 

"    26.  Land  assessed  irregularly  not  to  be  sold  for 

taxes 58 

"    27.  Misnomer  of  owner  not  to  invalidate  sale.  .  58 

Art.  II.     LICENSE  TAXES 

Sec.    i.  License  taxes  payable  in  advance 58 


O  THE    CITY    OF    PALO   ALTO 

Sec.    2.  Amount  a  debt   59 

3.  Recovery  by  suit 59 

4.  Penalty   59 

"      5.  Tax   Collector   to   collect    60 

"      6.  Term    60 

"      7.  Form  of  license  blanks,  license  stub — tran- 
sients     60-61 

8.  License  to  be  exhibited — not  transferable.  .  61 

9.  Words  include  what 61 

""    10.  Rates  of  licenses  on  fixed  business 61 

Sub.  A.  Peddler    62 

B.  Definition  of  peddler 62 

"      C.   i.  Amount  of  peddler's  license 62 

"      C.  2.  Food  products 62 

"      D.  Solicitors  and  agents   62 

"      E.  Delivery  of  goods   62 

"      F.  Auction  stores    63 

"      G.  Laundry  routes    63 

H.  Junk   dealers    63 

I.     Miscellaneous  occupations   63 

J.    Billiard  and  pool  tables 64 

"      K.  Nine-pin  and  bowling  alleys 64 

L.  Menagerie,  circus,  etc 64 

M.  Trick  rope  performer  64 

N.  Shooting  gallery   64 

O.  Merry-go-round 64 

"      P.  Fortune  teller 64 

Q.  Exhibition  or  performance   64 

"      R.  Skating  rink 65 

S.  Theatre  or  moving  picture  show  ....  65 

Sec.  1 1 .  Penalty   65 

PART  III— POLICE  REGULATIONS 

Art.  I.     VIOLATION  OF  ORDINANCES  AND  IMPRISON- 
MENT 

Sec.    i.  Imprisonment  in  county  jail 66 

Art.  II.     PUBLIC  PEACE  AND  ORDER 

Sec.    i.  Disturbing  assemblages 66 

2.  Prohibition  of — 

(a)  Vulgar  language  66 

(b)  Noise 66 

(c)  Offensive    conduct    66 

(d)  Fighting    66 

(e)  Indecent   exposure    66 

(I)   Using  weapons 66 

(g)   Concealed  weapons 67 

(h)   Knuckles    67 


CONTENTS    AND    GENERAL    INDEX  J 

Sec.    3.  Prohibition  of— 

(a)  Begging  from  house  to  house   ....  67 

(b)  Camping  in  vacant  lots   67 

(c)  Loitering   on   streets    67 

Sec.    4.  Drunkenness    67 

"      5.  Penalty    67 

Art.  III.     GUNS  AND  EXPLOSIVES 

Sec.    i.  Discharging  guns  unlawful   .  .  . 67 

2.  Shooting  gallery 68 

"      3.  Penalty   68 

Art.  IV.     ALCOHOLIC  LIQUORS 

Sec.    i .  Unlawful  places   68 

"      2.  Unlawful  to  sell,  deliver  or  solicit 68 

3.  Club  rooms    68 

"      4.  Medicinal,  etc   68 

"      5.  Penalty   69 

Art.  V.     GAMBLING 

Sec.    i.  Gambling  unlawful    69 

"      2.  Games  of  amusement — how  conducted   .  .  69 

3.  Minors  forbidden  to  play,  etc 70 

4.  Or  loiter  around 70 

5.  Or  be  employed   70 

6.  Duties  of  owners,  agents  or  managers ....  70 

7.  License  revoked   70 

8.  Enforcement    .• 70 

"      9.  Witnesses    *.  .  70 

"    10.  Penalty   71 

Art.  VI.     NICKEL-IN-SLOT 

Sec.    i.  LTse  of  slot  machines  unlawful 71 

"      2.  In  connection  with  any  business 71 

3.  License  revoked    71 

4.  Possession  of  slot  machines,  dice,  etc.,  for 

chance,  unlawful   72 

"      5.  Penalty    72 

Art.  VII.     ANIMALS  RUNNING  AT  LARGE 

Sec.    i.  Public   pound    72 

2.  Animals  to  be  impounded 73 

"      3.  Animals  trespassing  on  lots 73 

"      4.  Board  of  Public  Safety  to  keep  record ...  73 

"      5.  Animals  to  be  advertised — proviso 73 

"     6.  Sale  74 

"      7.  Redemption    74 

8.  Unlicensed  dogs  not  to   run  at  large  on 

streets 74 


8  THE    CITY    OF   PALO    ALTO 

Sec.    9.  License    74 

10.  Unlicensed  dogs  to  be  impounded 75 

"    ii.  Female  dogs 75 

12.  Number  of  female  dogs  to  be  kept  at  any 

one  place 75 

13.  Dog  fanciers'  business    75 

14.  Dog  collars 76 

"    15-  Tags    76 

16.  Duplicate  tags   76 

17.  Board  of  Public  Safety  to  make  report.  .  .   76 

"    1 8.  Care  of  impounded  dogs 76 

"    19.  Bull  or  jack 76 

"    20.  Badge   of   officers    76 

"    21.  Interference  with  officials 76 

"    22.  Unlawful  to  allow  animals  to  run  at  large .  .   77 

;    23.  Herding    77 

24.  Tying  horses  to  trees 77 

"    25.  Cows  and  horses  to  be  kept  in  enclosure  at 

night 77 

;    26.  Notice  to  owners  of  animals  impounded.  .  .  77 

"    27.  Fees  for  impounding  and  publishing  notice  77 

"    23.  Sale  of  animals  impounded 78 

"    29.  Reclaiming  animals 78 

30.  Removal  of  dead  animals 78 

31.  Escaping  animals   78 

"    32.  Penalty   78 

Art.  VIII.     OBSTRUCTIONS   ON    STREETS   AND   SIDE- 
WALKS 

Sec.    i.  Hacks,  carryalls  and  job  wagons  standing 

on  streets    79 

"      2.  Displaying  goods  on  sidewalk 79 

"      3.  Awnings   80 

"      4.  Horses  standing  unhitched 80 

"      5.  Restrictions : 

1 i )  Fast  driving 80 

(2)  Games    80 

(3)  Obstructing  sidewalks 80 

(4)  Crowding    80 

(5)  Lounging  in  public  squares 80 

(6)  Driving  animals 80 

(7)  Spitting  on  sidewalk 81 

6.  Injuring  street  lights   81 

7.  Removing  or  defacing  street  signs 81 

8.  Barriers  and  lights  where  work  is  being 

done   8r 

"      9.  Removal  of  street  monuments 81 


CONTENTS    AND    GENERAL    INDEX  9 

Sec.  10.  Posting  handbills ;  throwing  dodgers  ....   81 

"    II.  Patent  medicine,  drugs,  etc.,  left  in  yards, 

etc 81 

"    12.  Declared  to  be  a  nuisance 82 

"    13.  Business  stands  on  sidewalks 82* 

14.  Carrying  baskets  on  sidewalks 82 

"    15.  Garbage  and  street  sweepings 82 

"    1 6.  Street  and  sidewalk  obstructions 82 

17.  Breaking  up  streets 82 

"    1 8.  Removal  of  dirt  from  roadways 8^ 

"    19.  Condition  of  lots 83 

"    20.  Horses  and  wagons  on  sidewalks 8^ 

"    21.  Bicycles  on  sidewalks 83 

"    22.  Dismounting    81 

"    23.  Riding  after  dark 8^ 

"    24.  Exceptions   8} 

"    25.  Roller  skates  and  coasters 8^ 

26.  Seizure  of  bicycles,  etc 84 

"    27.  Penalty   84 

Art.  IX.     REMOVAL  OF  GRASS,  WEEDS  AND  POISON 
OAK    AND   TRIMMING    OF   TREES    AND 
HEDGES 
Sec.   i.  Grass,  weeds  or  poison  oak 84 

2.  Trees  and  hedges 84 

3.  Requirements    84 

4.  Failure  to  comply — duty  of  Superintendent 

of  Streets 84-85 

5.  Lien  against  property   85 

"      6.  Penalty   85 

Art.  X.     GARBAGE 

Sec.    i.  Dumping  of  refuse    85 

"      2.  Accumulation  of  refuse 86 

"      3.  Refuse  in  business  district 86 

"      4.  Not  to  be  burned  on  premises 86 

"      5.  Duty  of  Chief  of  Police 86 

"  6.  Removal  of  manure,  etc.,  from  stables.  ...   86 

"      7.  Boxes  for  manure " 86 

"  8.  Regulating  removal  of  manure — number  of 

times  per  week 87 

"  9.  Definition  of  garbage,  waste  matter,  ashes  87 

"    10.  Burning  of  refuse  prohibited 87 

"    n.  Garbage  receptacle 87 

"    12.  Garbage  to  be  placed  in  receptacle 88 

"    13.  Garbage  at  private  dwellings 88 

"    14.  Garbage  at  hotels 88 


IO  THE    CITY    OF   PALO   ALTO 

Sec.  15.  Sanitary  condition  of  receptacle   88 

16.  Garbage  wagon 88 

17.  Permit  for  garbage  business 88 

18.  Regular  collections 89 

19.  Disputes  or  complaints 89 

''    20.  Rates ;  collection  89 

21.  Distance  of  outbuildings  from  premises  of 

another    89 

:    22.  Permit  of  Health  Officer 89 

:    23.  Misdemeanor 90 

"    24.  Penalty   90 

Art.  XL     GOVERNING  SALE  OF  TOBACCO,  CIGARETTES 
OR  CIGARETTE  PAPERS  OR  ANY  PREPARA- 
TION OF  TOBACCO  IN  THE  CITY  OF  PALO 
ALTO 
Sec.    i.  Sale  of  Tobacco,  etc.,  to  minors  and  penalty  90 

"      2.  Ordinance  to  be  posted 91 

3.  Sale  of  tobacco,  etc.,  near  school  houses.  .   91 
"      4.  Penalty   91 

Art.  XII.     GOVERNING  HYPNOTIC  EXHIBITIONS 

Sec.    i.  Forbidding  hypnotism 91 

"      2.  Exhibiting  hypnotic  subjects 91 

"      3.  Penalty   , 91 

Art.  XIII.     GOVERNING  MOVING  PICTURE  SHOWS 

Sec.    i.  Restrictions    91 

2.  Misdemeanor    92 

3.  Powers  of  Board  of  Public  Safety 92 

4.  Penalty   92 

Art.  XIV.  GOVERNING  PUBLIC  LAUNDRIES  AND 
WASH  HOUSES,  ENGINES,  BOILERS,  OIL 
STORAGE  TANKS,  HOSPITALS,  UNDER- 
TAKING ESTABLISHMENTS,  PLANING 
MILLS,  STABLES,  HALLS  FOR  PUBLIC 
ENTERTAINMENTS,  MACHINE  SHOPS, 
JUNK  YARDS,  STORAGE  YARDS  AND  SPUR 
TRACKS  • 

Sec.    i.  Permit 92 

"      2.  Purposes  of  permit  to  be  set  forth  in  appli- 
cation ;  posting  of  application 92~93 

"      3.  Permit  for  steam  engine  or  boiler 93 

"      4.  Permits  to  be  revoked 93 

"      5.  Noncompliance    93 

"      6.  Restrictions  upon  location   93 

"      7.  Penalty 94 


CONTENTS    AND    GENERAL    INDEX  II 

Art.  XV.     EXITS,  AISLES,  PASSAGEWAYS,  CORRIDORS, 
AND  STAIRWAYS  IN  PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 
Sec.    i.  Number  of  exits ()4 

2.  Compliance    94 

3.  Locking  exit  doors  during  assemblage.  ...   94 

4.  Obstructing  aisles,  etc 94 

5-  Penalty   95 

Art.  XVI.     GOVERNING  VEHICLES  OF  EVERY  DESCRIP- 
TION 

Sec.    i.  Speed   of  vehicles    95 

2.  Signals    95 

3.  The  law  of  the  road 95 

4.  Driving  from  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  etc 96 

5.  Lamps  on  autos,  etc 96 

"      6.  Railway   cars,    speed 96 

"      7.  Sounding  gongs  on  cars  at  all  crossings.  .  96 

8.  Passing  another  car 97 

"      9.  Reckless    driving 97 

"    10.  Penalty    97 

Art.  XVII.     BILL    POSTING,     PLACING    OF    SIGNS, 
PAINTING  AND  POSTING 

Sec.    i.  Billboard    advertising , .  .  .  97 

"      2.  Regulation    of    same 97 

"      3.  Erection  of  billboards,  etc 97 

4.  Construction  of  article 98 

"      5.  Penalty    98 

Art.   XVIII.     PROTECTION   OF  TREES,   SHRUBS  AND 
PLANTS 

Sec.    i.  Destruction  of  trees,  shrubs,  etc 98 

"      2.  Penalty    98 

Art.  XIX.     PROVIDING  FOR  A  BOND  IN  CASE  OF  VIO- 
LATION OF  AN  ORDINANCE 

Sec.    i.  Bond  in  case  of  arrest  for  violating  any  ordi- 
nance of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 98 

PART  IV— PUBLIC  HEALTH 

x 

Art.  I.     GENERAL  HEALTH  REGULATIONS 

Sec.    i.  General  provisions TOO 

2.  Nuisance,   defined  as   such  by  Board  of 

Public  Safety,  misdemeanor 100 

Notice  to  non-residents  and  others 100 

Duty  of  City  Attorney 101 


12  THE    CITY    OF   PALO    ALTO 

Sec.    3.  Dangerous    buildings    101 

4.  Physicians   to   report    (a)    patients    who 

have  contagious  diseases 101-102 

(b)   Diseased  lodgers  to  be  reported...  102 
"      5.  Confinement  of  persons  afflicted  with  dan- 
gerous   diseases 102 

"      6.  Rules  and  regulations  concerning  quaran- 
tine      102 

"      7.  Vaccination    102 

"      8.  Certificate  of  death 102 

"      9.  Supervision  of  death  records  by  Board  of 

Public    Safety 102 

"    10.  Resisting  Board  of   Public  Saftey.  .    102-103 

"    II.  Unwholesome    foodstuffs 103 

"    12.  Goods  offered  for  sale 103 

"    13.  Chief    of    Police    to    seize    unwholesome 

foodstuffs 103 

"    14.  Penalty   103 

Art.  II.     MILK  AND  CREAM 

Sec.    i.  Permit    104 

"      2.  Application    104 

"      3.  Regulation  of  permits 104 

"     ^4.  Milk   from   diseased   cows 104 

"      5.  Unwholesome    milk 105 

"      6.  Quality  of  milk 105 

"      7.  Quality  of  cream 105 

8.  Samples    105 

9.  Purchase  and  sale  of  diseased  cows....  105 

"    10.  Diseased   persons 106 

"    ii.  Board  to  be  notified 106 

12.  Delivery    wagons 106 

13.  Sanitation    106 

"    14.  Powers  of  Board  of  Public  Safety.  .  .    106-107 

"    15.  Counterfeit   permits , 107 

"    16.  Prima  facie  evidence 107 

"    17.  List  of  names  of  customers. 107 

"    18.  Penalty    107 


PART  V— REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,  ETC. 

Art.  I.  SIDEWALKS 

Sec.    i .  Sidewalk    space 108 

"      2.  Specifications    108 

"  3.  Name  stamped  or  imbedded  in  cement.  .  .  108 

"      4.  Non-compliance    108 


CONTENTS   AND   GENERAL    INDEX  13 

Art.  II.     CREATING  FIRE  LIMITS 

Sec.    i.  Defining  fire  district   109 

2.  Building  restrictions    109 

"      3.  Penalty    no 

Art.  III.  SUPERVISION  OF  PRIVATE  BUILDING  CON- 
STRUCTION; FEES  AND  PERMITS 

Sec.    i.  Building  permit    no 

"      2.  Cost  of  building  permit   no 

"      3.  Building  permits  outside  fire  limits no 

"      4.  Twenty-five  dollar  deposit   in 

"      5.  Moving  permit 1 1 1 

"      6.  Inspection    in 

"      7.  Misdemeanor    in 

Art.  IV.     RELATING  TO  STREET  WORK 

Sec.    i.  Incidental  expenses  for  improvement  of 

streets    1 1 1 

"      2.  Deposit  for  estimated  expense in 

"      3.  Permit   revoked    in 

"      4.  Soliciting    private    contracts    for    street 

improvement    112 

"      5.  Application  for  permit   112 

"      6.  Granting  of  permits    112 

"      7.  Filing  of  bond   113 

"      8.  Portion  to  be  torn  up  at  any  one  time.  .  113 

"      9.  Compliance   113 

"    10.  Penalty   113 

Art.  V.     CITY  SEWER  CONNECTIONS  AND  COST  OF 

SAME. 
Sec.    i.  Sewer  and  water  pipes  to  be  laid  in  all 

streets  before  acceptance  113 

"      2.  Notice  of  intention  to  make  conection..    113 

3.  Cost  of  making  connection 114 

"      4.  Owners  to  lay  all  sewer,  water  and  gas 

pipes,  mains,  connections,  etc 114 

"      5.  Every  separate  lot  to  be  so  connected..  114 

"      6.  Superintendent  of  Streets  to  give  notice ..  114 

"      7.  Records  kept  by  Superintendent  of  Streets  114 

"      8.  Liens    > 114 

"      9.  Release   of   lien 115 

Art.  VI.     HOUSE  NUMBERING 

Sec.    i.  System  of  numbering   115 

Streets  parallel  with  Alma  street   115 

Streets  parallel  with  University  avenue.  .  115 


14  THE    CITY    OF   PALO    ALTO 

Sec.    I.  Number  each  12^  feet 115 

Odd  and  even  numbers    115 

"      2.  Size  and  material 116 

"      3.  Penalty   1 16 

Art.  VII.     PLUMBING  REGULATIONS 

Sec.    i.  Registration    1 16 

"      2.  Publication 1 16 

"      3.  Licenses    1 16 

"      4.  Examination    1 16 

"      5.  Bonds    117 

"      6.  Expiration  of  licenses   117 

"      7.  Correction  after  notice 117 

"  8.  Filing  of  plans  and  issuance  of  permits  117 

"      9.  Work  in  old  buildings 117 

"    10.  Buildings  moved,  raised  or  altered 118 

"  ii.  Installation  or  alteration   in  old  or  new 

buildings    1 18 

"    12.  Notice   of  completion    118 

"    13.  Tests 118 

"    14.  Sectional   and   final   tests    118 

"    15.  Smoke   tests    118 

"    1 6.  Testing  plugs 1 18 

"    17.  Test   certificates 118 

18.  Inspector,  notice  1 18 

"    19.  Material  and  workmanship 119 

"    20.  Standard  pipe   119 

"    21.  Extra  heavy  cast  pipe 119 

"  22.  In  lieu  of  cast  iron  pipe ;  table  of  various 

kinds  of  pipe    1 19-120 

;    23.  Sewers  separate    120 

"    24.  Sewers 120 

"    25.  Old  sewers   120 

"    26.  Intermediate  sections  120 

"    27.  Sewers  for  chemical  works 121 

"    28.  Sumps  and  surface  drains   121 

"    29.  Caulked  joints 121 

"    30.  Fall  of  pipes   121 

r    31.  Hanging  pipes    121 

"    32.  Trenching    121 

"    33.  Rain  water  drainage   121 

"    34.  Clean-outs    121 

"    35.  Clean-outs  to  be  accessible  122 

"    36.  Pipes    122 

"    37.  Lead  pipe  and  joints    122 

1    38.  Fastening  pipes 122 

"    39.  Fastening  outside 122 


CONTENTS    AND    GENERAL    INDEX  15 

Sec.  40.  Size  of  soil  pipe 122 

"  41.  Galvanized  pipe  and  angle  fittings    ....  122 

"  42.  Steam   exhaust    122 

"  43.  Outside  and  inside  pipes   123 

'  44.  Reveals  and  recesses   .  ! 123 

'  45.  Passing  through   walls    123 

''  46.  Refrigerators ;  filters   123 

1  47.  Flue  restrictions   123 

'  48.  Extra   heavy    123 

'  49.  Soil  pipe 123 

"  50.  Standard   stacks    123 

51.  Waste  pipes,  restrictions 123 

52.  Alignment  of  pipes 124 

"  53.  Angle  of  fittings 124 

54.  Offsets    124 

"  55.  Heel  outlets  124 

56.  Prohibitions    124 

"  57.  Leaders,   restrictions    124 

58.  Leaders    ^ 124 

"  59.  Leaders,  inside    124 

(  60.  Leader   connections    124 

"  61.  Leaders  on  street  lines;  roof  water 124 

(  62.  Deck  and  light-well  drains   124 

"  63.  Safe  wastes   124 

'  64.  Urinal  and  closet  safes   125 

'  65.  Closets,    flushometers    .  .  .  .' 125 

'  66.  Closets,  prohibited,  kind  of   125 

"  67.  Closets,  flush  pipes  and  connections 125 

£  68.  Closet  lead  bend    125 

"  69.  Closet  lead  connections   125 

"  70.  Closets,   flanges,   etc 125 

"  71.  Materials  for  closets   125 

"  72.  Ratio  of  closets    126 

"  73.  Male  and  female    126 

"  74.  Closets  named 126 

"  75.  Closets,  ratio  to  tenants 126 

"  76.  Closets  in  hotels  and  lodging  houses  ....  126 

"  77.  Closets,   family    , 126 

"  78.  Urinals,  supply   126 

"  79.  Group  of  urinals 126 

"  80.  Urinal   supply  floors    127 

"  81.  Hoppers ;  grease  traps 127 

"  82.  Hoppers ;    traps    127 

"  83.  Hoppers  on  porches    127 

"  84.  Hopper   stack    127 

"  85.  Basin  waste  traps 127 

"  86.  Dentists'  cuspidors   127 


1 6  THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 

Sec.  87.  Extension  on  inlet  side  of  trap 127 

;    88.  Wooden  fixtures    127 

:    89.  Bath  tubs   127 

'    go.  Fixtures  not  enclosed   127 

'    91.  Carriage  wash   rooms    128 

'    92.  Traps    128 

'    93.  Traps,   restrictions    .• 128 

:    94.  Traps   relative  to  vent    128 

'    95.  Abutting-  sink  and  tray   128 

:    96.  Trap,  foot  stacks   128 

"    97.  Size  of  traps   128 

"    98.  Range  traps    128 

"    99.  Bell  traps   128 

"  loo.  Vents    128 

"  101.  Vents  to  roof   128 

"  102.  Vents,  angles  and  sizes,  table  of  sizes   128-129 

"  103.  Branch  vents  129 

"  104.  Sediment    129 

"  105.  Three  feet,  six  inches  intersections 129 

"  106.  Vents  for  pipes 129 

"  107.  Soil  stacks  and  vents 129 

"  108.  Yard  fixtures,  ten-foot  limit 129 

"  109.  Double  hubs  on  vents 129 

"  no.  Combination  waste  and  vent  fittings.  .  .  .  130 

"  in.  Kitchen  extensions  and  roofs 130 

"  112.  Vent   terminations    130 

"  113.  Caps  and  cowls    130 

"  114.  Air  shaft  requirements   130 

"  115.  Air  shaft  restrictions   130 

"  116.  Air  shaft  enlargements 130 

"  117.  Air  exhaust  130 

"  1 1 8.  Ventilation  requirements 130 

"  119.  Water  pipe ;  inspection   130 

"  120.  Use  of  defective  pipes,  etc.,  prohibited.  .  .  131 
"  121.  Size  of  pipe: 

(a)  Openings    131 

(b)  One  story  building 131 

(c)  Two  story  building    131 

(d)  Large  buildings    131 

(e)  Wash  trays 131 

(f)  Galvanized  iron  or  steel 131 

(g)  Faucets   131 

(h)    Piping,  supporting,  cutting,  inspec- 
tion      132 

Valves    132 

Water  pressure   .  132 

122.  Boilers    132 


CONTENTS    AND    GENERAL    INDEX  17 

Sec.  123.  Leaks,  etc.,  exempt   132 

"  124.  Condemnation    132 

"  125.  Penalty   132 

PART   VI— PUBLIC   SERVICE   CORPORATIONS 
Art.  I.     GOVERNING  ELECTRIC  LIGHTING  PLANTS 

Sec.    i.  Definition   of   "company" 133 

2.  Definition  of  "meter" 133 

3.  City  Electrician  to  test  meters 133 

4.  Company  to  furnish  all  meters.  . . 133 

5.  Rates  classified   134 

6.  Establishing  rates 134 

7.  Rates  for  power,  heating  and  other  pur- 

poses      135 

8.  Governing  rebates,  drawbacks,  etc.    False 

meters  or  meter  readings 135 

Meter  measure  at  rates  fixed 135 

Separate  offenses   135 

9.  Penalty 135 

10.  Changing  rates   136 

11.  Electric  energy  furnished  to  the  city.  ...  136 

Art.   II.     GOVERNING     TELEPHONE     SERVICE     AND 
RATES 

Sec.    i.  Fixing   rates    136 

Business:    136 

Single   party    136 

Two    party    136 

Residence:    136 

Single   party    136 

Two    party    136 

Four   party*   137 

Extensions 137 

Sec.    2.  Apparatus    137 

Five-minute   rule    137 

Service,  seven-day  rule   137 

Present  free  exchange 137 

Amendments    138 

3.  Penalty   !38 

Art.  III.     GOVERNING  GAS  SERVICE  AND  RATES 
Sec.    i.  Fixing  rates  for  meters  at  fifty  cents  per 

month    138 

2.  Meters  to   be   installed   within   five  days 

after  receipt  of  written  notice 138 

3.  Unlawful    to    collect    deposit    from    tax- 

payers      138 


1 8  THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 

Sec.    4.  Fixing  rate  for  installing  meters  after  first 

installation  at  50  cents    139 

"      5.  Dials  to  be  turned  back  or  changed  in 

presence  of  consumer    139 

6.  Charge  for  laying  pipe  and  providing  for 

even    pressure    .  . . 139 

"      7.  Providing  that  owners  may  lay  pipe  and 

that  the  company  shall  furnish  gas.  .  .    139 

8.  Removal  of  meters  from  premises 139 

9.  Unlawful  to  charge  in  violation  of  rate.  .    139 
"    10.  Penalty   140 

Art.  IV.  PLACING,  INSTALLING,  OPERATING  AND 
REMOVING  ELECTRICAL  WIRES  AND 
APPARATUS 

Sec.    i.  Certificate  of  registration   140 

2.  Certificate   necessary    140 

3.  Installation  of  wires,  etc 140 

4.  Bond    140 

5.  Suspension  of  certificate   141 

6.  Permit  and  certificate   141 

"      7.  Temporary  permit   141 

"      8.  Rules    141 

"      9.  Inspection ;  notice  to  repair  141 

"    10.  Fees    142 

ii.  Building  permit  to  be  issued  before  elec- 
trical permit   142 

"    12.  Piping  to  be  in  place  before  inspection.  .    142 
"    13.  Unlawful  to  remove  buildings  with  elec- 
trical wires  without  notice   142 

"    14.  Persons  removing  building  to  bear  cost 

of  removal  of  wires  143 

"    15.  Penalty   ! 143 

"    1 6.  Construction  of  article 143 

Art.  V.  REGULATING  THE  ERECTION  OF  TELEPHONE, 
TELEGRAPH  AND  ELECTRIC  LIGHT 
POLES  AND  THE  STRINGING  OF  WIRES. 
THROUGH  AND  ALONG  THE  STREETS  OF 
THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

Sec.    I.  Erection  of  poles   144 

2.  Distance  above  ground 144 

"      3.  Distance   from   curb    144 

"      4.  Uniform  painting 144 

"      5.  Mutilation  of  trees 144 

"      6.  Poles  to  conform  to  this  article 144 

"      7.  Prohibition 144 


CONTENTS    AND    GENERAL    INDEX  19 

Sec.    8.  Consent  of  owner  or  agent 144 

"      9.  Penalty   145 

Art.  VI.  ESTABLISHING  RATES  FOR  WATER  AND 
POWER  AND  RULES  FOR  THE  MANAGE- 
MENT OF  THE  WATER  AND  <  POWER 
DEPARTMENT 

Sec.    i.  Rules  for  consumers   145 

2.  Discontinuance  of  service  145 

3.  Connections    145 

4.  Plumber  or  electrician  to  give  notice 146 

5.  Repairs  to  service  connections 146 

6.  Disconnected  service  mains    146 

"      7.  Inspection    146 

8.  Fixed  charges;  estimated  costs 146 

9.  Meters    146 

10.  Meters ;  how  set    146 

1 1 .  Meters ;  price    147 

"    12.  Reports    147 

13.  Authority  to  shut  off  water 147 

"    14.  Prohibiting  use  of  sprinklers 147 

"    15.  Use  of  hydrants   147 

"    16.  Repairs  147 

17.  Limiting  water   147 

18.  Supplying  water  to  others   147 

19.  Meter  rates  for  water 147 

''    20.  Meter  rates ;  power   148 

;    21.  Payment   148 

;    22.  Prepay  meters 148 

23.  Requiring  permits    148 

"  24.  Deposit   148 

:  25.  Discontinue  use 149 

"  26.  Accounts    149 

"  27.  Reports    149 

;  28.  Notification  of  bills  due 149 

;  29.  Amended  rules   149 

"  30.  Penalty   149 


PART  VII— MISCELLANEOUS 

Art.    I.  RATES    FOR    OFFICIAL    PUBLICATIONS    AND 
ADVERTISEMENTS 

Sec.    I.  Fixing   rates    150 

2.  Acceptance  of  rates   151 

3.  Official  newspaper    151 


2O  THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 

Art.   II.     CHANGING   NAMES  OF  STREETS 

Sec.    i.  Changes  in  names  of  streets 151 

(a)  Tasso  street   151 

(b)  Kipling  street    151 

(c)  Lytton  avenue  extension   151 

(d)  Pope  street 151 

(e)  Little   Kingsley    152 

(f)  Alleys    closed    152 

Art.   III.     CONFLICTING  ORDINANCES  REPEALED 

Sec.    I.  Repealing  clause 152 

Art.  IV.     ENACTMENT 

Sec.    i.  Enactment    152 

"      2.  Passage    152 

PART    VIII— ORDINANCE    NO.    1,   INITIATIVE 

Sec.    i.  Theatres,  etc.,  on  Sunday   153 

"      2.  Penalty  153 

3.  Conflicting  ordinances  repealed 153 

Certificate  of  City  Clerk   154 

Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 155 

Amendments  to  Charter    183 


ORIGINAL    INCORPORATION 

By  unanimous  vote  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 
Santa  Clara  County,  at  a  regular  meeting  held  on  the 
1 6th  day  of  April,  1894,  Palo  Alto  was  duly  declared 
to  be  a  Municipality  of  the  Sixth  Class  under  the  provi- 
sions of  the  General  Municipality  Act.  The  boundaries 
fixed  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  were  the  same  as 
those  designated  as  the  boundaries  of  the  Town  of  Palo 
Alto,  formerly  University  Park,  upon  a  map  of  said 
Town  filed  by  Timothy  Hopkins  in  the  office  of  the 
Recorder  of  the  County  of  Santa  Clara  on  the  27th  day 
of  February,  1889,  and  recorded  in  Liber  D  of  Maps  at 
page  69. — (Records  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Santa 
Clara  County). 


FREEHOLDERS    CHARTER 

PREPARED  BY  A  BOARD  OF  FIFTEEN  FREEHOLDERS 

Voted  for  and  ratified  by  the  qualified  voters  of  the 
Town  of  Palo  Alto  at  a  special  election  held  on  the  2ist 
day  of  January,  1909,  adopted  by  the  legislature  Febru- 
ary 2Oth,  1909.  In  force  and  effect  July  ist,  1909. 

Amendments  thereto  voted  for  and  ratified  at  a 
special  election  held  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  on  the  ist 
day  of  February,  1911.  Adopted  by  the  legislature 
March  24th,  1911. 


HISTORY  OF  TOWN  ORDINANCES  AS  ORIGI- 
NALLY ENACTED 

No.  i.     Fixing  bonds  of  Clerk,  Treasurer  and  Marshal. 

(Repealed.) 

No.  i  A.  Fixing  Bond  of  Clerk.     (Repealed.) 
No.  2.     Prohibiting  the  sale  of  liquor,  etc.  (Codified,  see 

Art  IV,  Part  III.) 
No.  3.     Prohibiting  discharge  of  firearms,  etc.    (Codified, 

see  Art.  Ill,  Part  III.) 
No.  4.     Removal   of   grass   and   weeds.      (Codified,    see 

Art.  IX,  Part  III.) 

No.  5.     Fixing  time  and  place  of  Board  meetings.     (Re- 
pealed.) 
No.  6.     Prohibiting    disorderly    houses    and    gambling. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  V,  Part  III.) 

No.  7.     Assessment,  levy  and  collection  of  taxes.  (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  I,  Part  II.) 

No.  8.     Removal  of  macadam  and  laying  of  pipes.     (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  IV  and  Art.  V,  Part  V.) 
No.  9.     Pound;  duties  of  poundmaster.      (Codified,  see 

Art.  VII,  Part  III.) 
No.  10.     Powers  of  Health  Officer.     (Codified,  see  Art. 

I,  Part  IV) 
No.  ii.     Carriages  at  station.     (Codified,  see  Art.  VIII, 

Part  III.) 

No.  12.     To  establish  sewer  system.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  13.     Fixing  salaries  of  Clerk  and   Marshal.      (Re- 
pealed.) 

No.  14.     Appointing  an  Engineer.     (Repealed.) 
No.  15.     Acquisition  of  sewer  system.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  1 6.     Acceptance  of  dedication  of  street.     (Not  codi- 
fied.) 

No.  17.     Bond  election  for  sewers.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  1 8.     Prohibiting  certain  dogs  running  at  large.    (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  VII,  Part  III.) 
No.  19.     Fixing    time    and    place    of    Board    Meetings. 

(Repealed.) 

No.  20.  Relating  to  streets  and  sidewalks,  regulating 
awnings,  street  and  sidewalk  obstruction, 
driving,  etc.  (Codified,  see  Art.  VIII,  Part 

in.) 

No.  21.  Relating  to  preservation  of  the  public  health. 
(Codified,  see  Art.  I,  Part  IV.) 


HISTORY   OF   ORDINANCES  2J 

No.  22.     Notice  of  election.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  23.     Amending  No.  20  in  regard  to  vehicles.     (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  VIII,  Part  III.) 
No.  24.     Establishing  water  rates.     (Repealed.) 
Xo.  25.     To  establish  water  works.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  26.     Town  Clerk  to  give  notice  of  election.     (Not 

codified.) 

No.  27.     To  establish  water  works.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  28.     Permit  to  Redwood  City  Electric  Company  to 
furnish  light  and  power  currents.     (Not  codi- 
fied, no  action  taken.) 

No.  29.     Bond  election  for  water  works.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  30.     Declaring     result     of     bond     election.       (Not 

codified.) 

No.  31.     Providing  for  the  issue  of  bonds.     (Not  codi- 
fied.) 

No.  32.     Fixing   compensation    of   Town    Clerk.      (Re- 
pealed.) 
No.  33.     Amending   No.   31,    relating  to   bonds.      (Not 

codified.) 
No.  34.     Fixing   fees   of   Health   Officer   for   inspecting 

plumbing.      (Repealed.) 
No.  35.     Establishing  water  rates.      (Codified,  see  Art. 

VI,  Part  VI.) 
No.  36.     Amending  No.  9  as   to   fees   of  poundmaster. 

(Repealed.) 

No.  37.     Relating  to  laundries  and  gas  plants.     (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  XIV,  Part  III.) 
No.  38.     Fixing  rate  of  taxes.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  39.     Regulations   of  water   department.      (Codified, 

see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI.) 

No.  40.     To   establish   sewer  system.      (Not  codified.) 
No.  41.     To  establish  sewer  system.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  42.     Town  Clerk  to  give  notice  of  election.     (Not 

codified.) 
No.  43.     Amending    No.    9,    relating   to    public    pound. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  VII,  Part  III.) 
No.  44.     Calling   special   sewer   election.    (Not   codified,. 

Bonds  defeated.) 

No.  45.     To  establish  sewer  system.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  46.     Bond  election  for  sewers.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  47.     Fixing  tax  levy.     (Not  codified.) 
No.  48.     Result  of  bond  election  for  sewers.     (Not  codi- 
fied.) 
No.  49.     Providing   for   bond   issue   for   sewers.      (Not 

codified.) 

No.  50.     Providing  for  sale  of  bonds  for  sewers.     (Not. 
codified.) 


24  THE    CITY    OF   PALO   ALTO 

No.  51.  Relating  to  bicycles  on  sidewalks.  (Codified, 
see  Art.  VIII,  Part  III.) 

No.  52.     Relating  to  bonds  for  sewers.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  53.  Requiring  permits  for  sewer  connections.  (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  V,  Part  V.) 

No.  54.  Prohibiting  laundries  in  town.  (Codified,  see 
Art.  XIV,  Part  III.) 

No.  55.  Amending  No.  7,  relating  to  taxes.  (Codified, 
see  Art.  I,  Part  II.) 

No.  56.     Fixing  tax  rate  for  '99-00.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  57.  Providing  system  of  house  numbering.  (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  VI,  Part  V.) 

No.  58.     Appointing  engineer.     (Repealed.) 

No.  59.  Fixing  electric  lighting  rates.  (Codified,  see 
Art.  VI,  Part  VI.) 

No.  60.     Clerk  to  give  notice  of  election.    (Not  codified.) 

No.  61.  Establishing  rules  for  wiring  houses.  (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  IV,  Part  VI.) 

No.  62.     Fixing  tax  rate,  '01-02.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  63.  Prohibiting  interference  with  sewer,  water  and 
light  systems.  (Codified,  see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI.) 

No.  64.  Prohibiting  slot  machines.  (Codified,  see  Art. 
VI,  Part  III.) 

No.  65.  Relating  to  bicycles.  (Codified,  see  Art.  VIII, 
Part  III.) 

No.  66.  Establishing  Board  of  Health  and  fixing  powers. 
(Codified,  see  Art.  I,  Part  IV.) 

No.  67.  Providing  for  municipal  licenses.  (Codified,  see 
Art.  II,  Part  II.) 

No.  68.  Prohibiting  cesspools.  (Repealed  by  Art.  VII, 
Part  V.) 

No.  69.  Regulating  plumbing  and  drainage ;  specifica- 
tions. (Codified,  see  Art.  VII,  Part  V.) 

No.  70.  Fixing  fees  for  inspection  of  plumbing.  (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  VII,  Part  V.) 

No.  71.     Fixing  tax  rate  for  '01-02.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  72.  Declaring  it  unlawful  for  children  to  be  on 
streets  at  certain  hours.  (Repealed.) 

No.  73.     Adopting  sidewalk  specifications.     (Repealed.) 

No.  74.  Town  Clerk  to  give  notice  of  election.  (Not 
codified.) 

No.  75.  Requiring  removal  of  rubbish.  (Codified,  see 
Art.  X,  Part  III.) 

No.  76.  Relating  to  bicycles.  (Codified,  see  Art.  VIII, 
Part  III.) 

No.  77.  Amending  No.  66,  relating  to  Board  of  Health. 
(See  Art.  I,  Part  IV.) 


HISTORY    OF    ORDINANCES  25 

No.  78.  Bond  election  for  extension  of  electric  light 
plant  and  system  of  water  works.  (Not  codi- 
fied.) 

No.  79.     Providing  for  bond  issue.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  80.  Prohibiting  interference  with  streets,  etc.  (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  VIII,  Part  III.) 

No.  81.     Establishing  Public  Library.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  82.     Fixing  tax  rate  for  '02-03.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  83.  Fixing  time  and  place  of  Board  meetings. 
(Repealed.) 

No.  84.     Acceptance  of  roadways.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  85.     Acceptance  of  roadways.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  86.  Providing  for  imprisonment  in  County  Jail. 
(Codified,  see  Art.  I,  Part  III.) 

No.  87.  Forbidding  the  tying  of  horses  to  trees ;  re- 
quiring animals  to  be  placed  in  enclosures  at 
night.  (Codified,  see  Art.  VII,  Part  III.) 

No.  88.  Accepting  certain  lots  for  library  site.  (Not 
codified.) 

No.  89.  Providing  for  municipal  licenses.  (Codified, 
see  Art.  II,  Part  II.) 

No.  90.  Amending  No.  77,  relating  to  Board  of  Health. 
(Codified,  see  Art.  I,  Part  IV.) 

No.  91.  Regulating  sale  of  milk.  (Codified,  see  Art. 
II,  Part  IV.) 

No.  92.  Amending  No.  89,  relating  to  licenses.  (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  II,  Part  II.) 

No.  93.     Number  not  used. 

No.  94.  Granting  street  railway  franchise.  (Not  codi- 
fied.) 

No.  95.     Fixing  rate  of  taxes,  '03-04.     (Not  codified.) 

No.  96.  Requiring  destruction  of  poison  oak.  (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  IX,  Part  III.) 

No.  97.  Town  Clerk  to  give  notice  of  election.  (Not 
codified.) 

No.  98.  Providing  for  use  of  ballot  machines.  (Not 
codified.) 

No.  99.  Providing  for  execution  of  deed  to  certain 
property.  (Not  codified.) 

No.  TOO.  To  preserve  peace  and  good  order  in  the 
Town.  (Codified,  see  Art.  II,  Part  III.) 

No.  101.  Prohibiting  starting  fires  in  the  rear  of  cer- 
tain buildings.  (Codified,  see  Art.  X,  Part 

m.) 

No.  1 02.     Number  not  used. 

No.  103.  Concerning  street  work  and  the  removal  of 
macadam.  (Codified,  see  Art.  VIII,  Part  III.) 


26  THE    CITY    OF   PALO    ALTO 

No.  104.  Fixing  time  and  place  of  Board  meetings. 
(Repealed.) 

No.  105.  Granting  franchise  for  gas  plant.  (Not  codi- 
fied.) 

No.  106.  Fixing  the  fate  of  taxes  for  'o4-'o5.  (Not 
codified.) 

No.  107.  Regulating  use  of  bicycles,  automobiles,  etc. 
(Codified,  see  Art.  XVI,  Part  III.) 

No.  108.     Creating  police   department.      (Repealed.) 

No.  109.  Fixing  time  and  place  of  Board  meetings. 
(Repealed.) 

No.  no.  Establishing  office  of  City  Electrician,  and 
providing  regulations  for  the  installation  and 
removal  of  electric  wires.  (Codified,  see  Art. 
IV,  Part  VI.) 

No.  in.  Regulating  license  taxes.  (Codified,  see  Art. 
II,  Part  II.) 

No.  112.     First  codification. 

No.  113.     First  codification. 

No.  114.     Fire  limits.     (Codified,  see  Art.  II,  Part  V.) 

No.  115.  License  taxes.  (Codified,  see  Art.  II,  Part 
II.) 

No.  116.  Aisles,  passage  ways  in  public  buildings,  etc, 
(Codified,  see  Art.  XV,  Part  III). 

No.  117.  Building  permits  and  issuance  of  same.  (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  Ill,  Part  V). 

No.  118.     Children  on  the  streets  at  night.     (Repealed). 

No.  119.     License  taxes.    (Codified,  see  Art.  II,  Part  II). 

No.  1 20.  Requiring  property  owners  to  make  sewer  and 
water  connections  before  streets  are  paved. 
(Codified,  see  Art.  V,  Part  V). 

No.  121.  Regulating  the  laying  of  sewer,  water  and 
gas  pipes.  (Codified,  see  Art.  V,  Part  V). 

No.  122.  Regulating  the  collection  of  water  and  light 
bills.  (Codified,  see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 

No.  123.  Removal  of  grass,  weeds,  poison  oak,  trimming 
trees,  and  hedges.  (Codified,  see  Art.  IXr 
Part  III). 

No.  124.  Redemption  of  property  sold  for  taxes. 
(Repealed). 

No.  125.  Right  to  purchase  land  for  Town  of  Palo 
Alto  for  Water  Works.  (Not  codified). 

No.  126.  Management  of  Water  Department.  (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 

No.  127.  Erection  of  telephone  and  telegraph  and  elec- 
tric light  poles.  (Codified,  see  Art.  V,  Part 
VI). 


HISTORY    OF    ORDINANCES'  2/ 

No.  128.  Placing  contractor's  name  on  sidewalk  con- 
structed by  said  contractor.  (Codified,  see 
Art.  I,  Part  V). 

No.  129.  Town  Plumber;  creating  said  office.  (Re- 
pealed). 

No.  130.  I  Hock  98,  accepting  street  through  this  block. 
(Not  codified). 

No.  131.  Regarding  location  of  eating  houses.  (Re- 
pealed). 

No.  132.  Amending  Art.  3,  Part  VII,  Ordinance  113. 
(Repealed). 

No.  133.     Relating  to  sanitary  inspection.     (Repealed). 

No.  134.  Disposal  of  manure,  straw,  etc.  (Codified, 
see  Art.  X,  Part  III). 

No.  135.  Extension  of  fire  limits.  (Codified,  see  Art. 
II,  Part  V). 

No.  136.  Changing  title  of  ''Sanitary  Inspector"  to 
"Health  Officer."  (Repealed). 

No.  137.     Amending  Ordinance  133.     (Repealed). 

No.  138.     Calling  special  bond  election.     (Not  codified). 

No.  139.  Riding  on  sidewalks  of  accepted  streets.  (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  VIII,  Part  III). 

No.  140.  Providing  for  bonded  indebtedness  of  $75,000. 
(Not  codified). 

No.  141.  Placing  electric  light  meters.  (Codified,  see 
Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 

No.  142.  Sale  of  excess  water  outside  of  town  limits. 
(Repealed). 

No.  143.  Election  of  Town  Trustees  and  fixing  com- 
pensation of  election  officers.  (Not  codified). 

No.  144.  Salaries  of  Town  Clerk  and  Marshal.  (Re- 
pealed). 

No.  145.  Alleyway  through  Block  13,  accepting  deed  of 
conveyance.  (Not  codified). 

No.  146.  Relating  to  fire  limits.  (Codified,  see  Art.  II, 
Part  V). 

No.  147.     Meeting  place  of  Town  Trustees.    (Repealed). 

No.  148.  Remitting  penalty  for  delinquent  taxes.  (Not 
codified). 

No.  149.  Building  Inspector  and  cost  of  inspection. 
(Repealed). 

No.  150.  Chimney  inspection  and  cost  of  same.  (Re- 
pealed). 

No.  151.  Rate  for  publishing  delinquent  taxes  and  pro- 
viding for  sale  to  Town.  (Codified,  see  Art. 
I,  Part  II). 


28  THE    CITY    OF   PALO    ALTO 

No.  152.     Ratification  of  all  acts  between  April  18,  1906, 

and  June  i,  1906.     (Not  codified). 
No.  153.     Amending  Ordinance  113.     (Codified,  see  Art. 

VI,  Part  VI). 
No.  154.     Providing   for   water  meters.      (Codified,   see 

Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 
No.  155.     Granting  street  railway  franchise.     (Franchise 

lapsed.     (  Repealed ) . 
No.  156.     Providing  for   water  meters.      (Codified,   see 

Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 

No.  157.     Bonds  required  in  case  of  continued  violations 
of  ordinances.   (Codified,  see  Art.  XIX,  Part 
III). 
No.  158.     Collection  and  removal  of  garbage.     Codified, 

see  Art.  X,  Part  III). 
No.  159.     Electric   light    rates.      (Codified,    see   Art.    I, 

Part  VI,  and  Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 
No.  160.     Patent  medicine  distribution.      (Codified,  see 

Art.  VIII,  Part  III). 
No.  161.     Number  not  used. 

No.  162.     Deposit  required   from  water  and  light  con- 
sumers.    (Codified,  see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 
No.  163.     Changing  fire  limits.      (Codified,  see  Art.  II, 

Part  V). 

No.  164.     Acquisition  of  park  grounds.     (Not  codified). 
No.  165.     Calling  election   for  bonds   for  parks.      (Not 

codified). 
No.  1 66.     Governing  billiard  halls,  bowling  alleys,   etc. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  V,  Part  III). 
No.  167.     Hopkins  deed  to  Town  of  Palo  Alto  of  land 

along  creek.     (Not  codified). 

No.  1 68.     Meeting    places    for    Town    Trustees.      (Re- 
pealed). 

No.  169.     Laying   sewer   and   water   pipes   and   making 
connections.    (Codified,  see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 
No.  170.     Number  not  used. 
No.  171.     Spitting   on   sidewalks   and   in   public   places. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  VIII,  Part  III). 
No.  172.     Committee    of    public    buildings,    parks    and 

squares.     (Repealed). 
No.  173.     Automobile    ordinance.      (Codified,    see    Art. 

VIII,  Part  III). 
No.  174.     Number  not  used. 
No.  175.     Roller   skating  on   sidewalks.      (Codified,   see 

Art.  VIII,  Part  III). 
No.  176.     Number  not  used. 


HISTORY   OF   ORDINANCES  29 

No.  177.     Fixing  tax  rate  for  '07-08.     (Not  codified). 

No.  178.  Providing  for  acceptance  of  streets,  avenues, 
and  alleys.  (Not  codified). 

No.  179.  Dogs,  bulls,  jacks  or  other  animals  in  Town 
limits.  (Codified,  see  Art.  VII,  Part  III). 

No.  180.     Number  not  used. 

No.  181.     Creating  Park  Fund.     (Repealed). 

No.  182.  Relating  to  taxes.  (Repealed  by  Ordinance 
No.  196). 

No.  183.  Licensing  skating  rinks.  (Codified,  see  Art. 
II,  Part  II). 

No.  184.  Protecting  trees  and  shrubs  in  parks.  (  Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  XVIII,  Part  III). 

No.  185.  Sale  to  minors  of  cigarettes,  etc.,  and  smoking 
same.  (Codified,  see  Art.  XI,  Part  III). 

No.  i85A.  Municipal  elections.      (Not  codified). 

No.  1 86.  Salary  of  Clerk,  Marshal  and  Treasurer.  (Re- 
pealed). 

No.  187.     Municipal  elections.      (Not  codified). 

No.  1 88.  Prohibiting  shows  and  entertainments  on  Sun- 
day. (Repealed,  see  Initiative  ordinance  No. 

I,  Part  VIII). 

No.  189.     Extension  of  fire  limits.      (Codified,  see  Art. 

II,  Part  V). 

No.  190.     Declaring  results  of  election.     (Not  codified). 

No.  191.  Standing  committees  of  Board  of  Trustees. 
(Repealed). 

No.  192.     Calling  special  election.     (Not  codified). 

No.  193.  Relating  to  meetings  of  Board  of  Trustees. 
(Repealed). 

No.  194.     Fixing  rate  of  Town  taxes.     (Not  codified). 

No.  195.  Relating  to  rain  water  drains.  (Codified,  see 
Art.  VII,  PartV). 

No.  196.  Repealing  Ordinance  No.  182.  (Not  codi- 
fied). 

No.  197.  Designation  of  alley  in  Block  77.  (Codified, 
see  Art.  II,  Part  VII). 

No.  198.  Election  on  Freeholders  Charter.  (Not  codi- 
fied). 

No.  199.     Repealing  curfew  whistle.     (Repealed). 

*No.  200.  Rates  for  day  current,  electric  light.  (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 

No.  201.     Election  of  15  councilmen.     (Not  codified). 

No.  202.  Special  election  for  $57,000  bonds.  (Not  co- 
dified). 


30  THE    CITY    OF   PALO   ALTO 

No.  203.     Establishing  gas  rate.     (Codified,  see  Art.  IIIr 

Part  VI). 
No.  204.     Relating  to  fire  limits.     (Codified,  see  Art.  II, 

Part  V). 
No.  205.     Election   on   tie   vote   for   councilmen.      (Not 

codified). 
No.  206.     Incurring    bonded    indebtedness    of    $14,000. 

(Not  codified). 
Xo.  207.     Regulating   bill   posting,   etc.      (Codified,    see 

Art.  XVII,  Part  III). 


HISTORY    OF   CITY   ORDINANCES    AS    ORIGI- 
NALLY  ENACTED 

No.  i.     Providing  rules  governing  the  City  Council  of 

Palo  Alto.     (Codified,  see  Art.  I,  Part  I). 
No.  2.     Providing  for  City  officers  and  salaries  of  each. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  iy,  Part  I). 

No.  3.     Providing    rules    for    Board    of    Safety,    Police 
Department,  salaries  and  appointing  of  Health 
Officer.     (Codified,  see  Art.  IV,  Part  I) . 
No.  4.     Relating  to  duties  of  officials  and  departments 
and  fixing  the  amount  of  officers'  bonds.       (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  IV,  Part  I). 
No.  5.     Regulating    games    of    amusement.      (Codified, 

see  Art.  V,  Part  III). 
No.  6.     Relating  to  animals  running  at  large.     (Codified, 

see  Art.  VII,  Part  III). 
No.  7.     Governing    nickel-in-slot    machines.      (Codified, 

see  Art.  VI,  Part  III). 

No.  8.     Establishing  rates  for  official  publications.     (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  I,  Part  VII). 

No.  9.     Establishing  rates  for  water  and  power.     ( Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 

No.  10.     Re-enactment  of  all  ordinances  of  the  Town  of 
Palo    Alto   that   were   in   force   and   effect   at 
noon,  July  i,  1909.     (See  enacting  clause,  co- 
dified ordinances). 
No.  II.     Providing    for    connection    with    City    sewer 

system.     (Codified,  see  Art.  V,  Part  V). 
No.  12.     Relating  to  noxious  weeds,  brush,  etc.,  and  rub- 
bish on  City  lots.     (Codified,  see  Art.  IX,  Part 
III). 
No.  13.     Ratifying  and  confirming  bonded  indebtedness 

of  $  1 4,000.    (Not  codified  ) . 
No.  14.     Imposing  municipal  license  taxes.      (Codified, 

see  Art.  II,  Part  II). 

No.  15.  Amending  Section  5  of  ordinance  No.  I.  (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  I,  Part  I). 

No.  16.  Reimbursing  the  City  for  building  supervision 
by  City  Engineer.  (Codified,  see  Art.  Ill, 
Part  V). 

No.  17.  Regulating  the  establishment  of  laundries,  etc., 
engines,  storage  tanks,  spur  tracks,  etc.  (Co- 
dified, see  Art.  XIV,  Part  III). 


32  THE    CITY    OF   PALO   ALTO 

No.  1 8'.     Reimbursing  the  City  for  street  work  inspec- 
tion.    (Codified,  see  Art.  IV,  Part  V). 
No.  19.     Rules  for  City  electric  wiring.     (Codified,  see 

Art.  IV,  Part  VI). 
No.  20.     Regulating  private   contracts   for   street  work. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  IV,  Part  V). 
No.  21.     Relating  to  fires  and  fire  limits.     (Codified,  see 

Art.  II,  Part  V). 
No.  21  A.  Fixing  rate  for  sale  of  gas.     (Codified,  see  Art. 

Ill,  Part  VI). 
No.  22.     Regulating  speed  of  vehicles.      (Codified,  see 

Art.  XVI,  Part  III). 
No.  23.     Prohibiting  sale  of  cigars  and  tobacco  within 

looo  feet  of  public  school  buildings.     (Codified, 

see  Art.  XI,  Part  III). 

No.  24.     Calling  special  election.     (Not  codified). 
No.  24A.  Declaring  results  of  initiative  election  on  May 

26,  1910.     (Not  codified). 
No.  25.     Prohibiting    hypnotic    exhibitions.       (Codified, 

see  Art.  XII,  Part  III). 
No.  25A.  Closing  alley  ways  in   Blocks  66,  67  and  71. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  II,  Part  VII). 
No.  26.     Allowing  police  officers  to  be  on  duty  in  citizens 

clothes,   but   must   wear   star.      (Codified,    see 

Art.  IV,  Part  I). 
No.  27.     Prohibiting  exhibition   of  prize  fight  pictures. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  XIII,  Part  III). 
No.  28.     Fixing  rates  for  power  and  heating.     (Codified, 

see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 
No.  29.     Telephone  rules  and  rates.     (Codified,  see  Art. 

"  II,  Part  VI). 
No.  30.     Rules  and  regulations,  Board  of  Public  Safety. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  IV,  Part  I). 
No.  31.     Riding  bicycles   on   sidewalks  by  officers,   etc. 

(Codified,  see  Art.  VIII,  Part  III). 
No.  32.     Municipal  Elections.     (Codified,  see  Art.  Ill, 

Part  I). 

No.  33.     Rate  of  taxes,  1910-11.     (Not  codified). 
No.  34.     Fixing  rates  for  water  and  power.     (Codified, 

see  Art.  VI,  Part  VI). 
No.  35.     Relating  to  presentation  of  claims.     (Codified, 

see  Art.  I,  Part  I). 

No.  36.     Election  on  amendments  to  Charter.     (Not  co- 
dified). 
No.  37.     Private  contracts   for  street  work.      (Codified, 

see  Art.  IV,  Part  V). 
No.  38.     Regulating   sale   of   gas.      (Codified,   see   Art. 

Ill,  Part  VI). 


HISTORY   OF   ORDINANCES  33 

No.  39.     Exits,  aisles,  etc.     (Codified,  see  Art.  XV,  Part 
III). 

No.  40.     Municipal   elections.      (Codified,   see  Art.   Ill, 
Part  I). 

No.  41.     Stringing  wires  on  premises  of  another.     (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  V,  Part  VI). 

No.  42.     Calling  election  on  bonds.     (Not  codified). 

No.  43.     Change  of  fire  limits.     (Codified,  see  Art.  II, 
Part  V). 

No.  44.     Gas  rates,  1911.     (Not  codified). 

No.  45.     Municipal   elections.      (Codified,   see   Art.   Ill, 
Part  I). 

No.  46.     Issuance  of  bonds.     (Not  codified). 

No.  47.     Calling  election  for  five  councilmen.     (Not  codi- 
fied)/ 

No.  48.     Regulating  sale  of  electricity.      (Codified,  see 
Art.  I,  Part  VI). 

No.  49.     Calling   election    for   three   councilmen.      (Not 
codified). 

No.  5OA.  Fixing  rates  for  official  publications.      (Codi- 
fied, see  Art.  I,  Part  VII). 

No.  508.  Prohibiting  slot  machines  and  dice.     (Codified, 
see  Art.  VI,  Part  III). 

No.  51.     Prohibiting   sale    of   tobacco,    etc.,    to    minors. 
(Codified,  see  Art.  XI,  Part  III). 

No.  52.     Providing  for  sale  of  bonds.     (Not  codified). 

No.  53.     Prohibiting  removal  of  gravel  from  San  Fran- 
cisquito  Creek.     (Not  codified). 

No.  54.     An  ordinance  providing  for  the  codification  of 
the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

No.  55.     Providing  for  bonded  indebtedness.     (Not  co- 
dified). 

No.  56.     Fixing  tax  rate  for  1911-1912.     (Not  codified). 

No.  57.     Prohibiting  nickel-in-slot,  dice,  etc.     (Codified, 
Art.  VI,  Part  III). 

No.  58.     Providing  that  violation  of  ordinances  shall  be 
a  misdemeanor;  fines  and  imprisonment.     (Co- 
dified, Art.  I,  Part  III). 
No.  59.     Providing  for  municipal  license.     (Codified,  s?e 

Art.  II,  Part  II). 

No.  60.     Providing  for  salary  of  Police  Judge.     (Corli- 
fied,  see  Art.  IV,  Part  I). 


HISTORY  OF  INITIATIVE  ORDINANCES 

No.  i.     Prohibiting  the  running  of  any  theater,  etc.,  on 
Sunday.     (See  Part  VIII). 


ORDINANCE  NO.  54 

AN  ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  REPEAL  OF  CERTAIN 
ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO,  CONTINU- 
ING IN  FORCE  CERTAIN  ORDINANCES  OF  SAID  CITY, 
AND  FOR  THE  REVISION,  AMENDMENT  AND  CODIFICA- 
TION  OF  CERTAIN  ORDINANCES  OF  SAID  CITY. 

The  Council  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  do  ordain  as  follows: 
SEC.  i.  The  following  ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto,  heretofore  passed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  said  Town  and  by  the  Council  of  said  City,  are  hereby 
amended,  revised  and  codified,  to  wit: 

All  ordinances  passed  by  the  former  Board  of 
Trustees  of -the  Town  of  Palo  Alto  from  No.  I  to  No. 
207,  inclusive,  save  and  except  Ordinances  Nos.  12,  15, 
1 6,  17,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  33,  38,  40,  41,  42,  45, 
46,  47,  48,  49,  50,  52,  56,  60,  62,  71,  74,  78,  79,  81,  82, 
84,  85,  88,  94,  95,  97,  98,  99,  105,  106,  125,  130,  138,  140, 
143,  145,  148,  152,  164,  165,  167,  177,  178,  i85-A,  187, 
190,  192,  194,  196,  198,  201,  202,  205,  206;  and 

All  ordinances  passed  by  the  Council  of  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto  from  No.  I  to  No.  60  inclusive,  save  and  except 
Ordinances  Nos.  13,  24,  24- A,  33,  36,  42,  44,  46,  47,  49, 
52,  53,  54,  55  and  56.  The  ordinances  above  numbered 
relate  to  elections,  taxes,  franchises,  municipal  bonds, 
grants,  dedications  of  land,  etc.,  and  are  continued  in 
force  without  codification. 

SEC.  2.  This  codification  of  general  ordinances  of 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  not  have  the  effect  of  repeal- 
ing, altering,  or  amending  any  of  the  special  ordinances 
of  said  City  relating  to  elections,  taxes,  franchises, 
municipal  bonds,  grants,  dedications  of  lands,  or  ordi- 
nances creating  vested  rights. 

SEC.  3.  This  Ordinance  shall  be  printed  and  posted 
according  to  law  by  the  City  Clerk  and  shall  go  into 
effect  immediately. 

The  foregoing  ordinance  was  duly  passed  by  the 
unanimous  consent  of  the  Council  of  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto  present  at  a  regular  adjourned  meeting  on  the  26th 
day  of  June,  1911,  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes: — Hettinger,  Henry,  Jordan,  La  Peire,  Millis, 
Mosher,  Thoits,  Umphreys,  Vail. 

Noes: — None. 

Absent: — Congdon,  Downing,  Hyde,  Spencer,  Wil- 
son, Wing. 

Approved,  July  i,  1911,  CHAS.  B.  WING,  Mayor. 
Attest: — FRANK  KASSON,  City  Clerk. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  Ordinance  was 
duly  passed  as  above  set  forth. 

FRANK  KASSON,  City  Clerk. 


ORDINANCES 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF   PALO  ALTO 


CODIFIED  ORDINANCE  No.   i 

Ax  (  )RDINANCE  TO  CODIFY  AND  AMEND  ORDINANCES 
OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO,  COUNTY  OF  SANTA 
CLARA,  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  TO  RE-ENACT  THE 
SAME  AS  AMENDED,  AND  TO  REDUCE  THE  SAME  TO 
ONE  ORDINANCE. 

The  Council  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  do  ordain  as  follows : 

SEC.  i.  All  of  Articles  I,  II.  Ill  and  IV  of  Part 
I,  Relating  to  City  Government; 

All  of  Articles  I  and  II  of  Part  II,  Relating  to 
Revenue ; 

All  of  Articles  I,  II,  III,  IV,  V,  VI,  VII,  VIII,  IX, 
X,  XI.  XII.  XIII,  XIV,  XV,  XVI,  XVII,  XVIII,  and 
XIX  of  Part  III,  Relating  to  Police  Regulations; 

All  of  \rticles  I  and  II  of  Part  IV,  Relating  to 
Public  Health; 

All  of  Articles  I.  II,  III,  IV,  V,  VI  and  VII  of  Part 
V,  Relating  to  Construction ; 

All  of  Articles  I,  II,  III,  IV,  V  and  VI  of  Part  VI, 
Relating  to  Public  Service  Corporations ; 

All  of  Articles  I,  II,  III  and  IV  of  Part  VII, 
Miscellaneous,  are  hereby  enacted  and  declared  to  be  the 
law  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  in  form,  force  and  effect, 
as  follows: 


PART  I 

CITY   GOVERNMENT 


ARTICLE  I 
CITY   COUNCIL 

Regular  SEC.   i.     The  regular  meetings  of  the  Council  of  the 

meetings  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  be  held  on  the  second  Monday 

of  every  month  at  the  hour  of  eight  o'clock  p.  m.  at  the 
City  Hall.  Provided  that  during  the  months  of  Decem- 
ber, January  and  February  meetings  shall  be  held  at  the 
hour  of  7  130  p.m. 

Special  SEC.  2.     Special  meetings  may  be  called  at  any  time 

meetings          by  the  Mayor  or  at  the  request  of  eight  councilmen,  by 

a  written  or  actual  personal  notice  given  to  each  member 

at   least   four   hours   before  the   time   specified   for   the 

proposed  meeting. 

Meetings  to  SEC.  3.     All  meetings  of  the  City  Council  shall  be 

be  public          held  at  the  City  Hall  and  shall  be  public. 
Quorum  SEC.  4-     At  any  meeting  of  the  Council  eight  council- 

men  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business,  but  a  less  number  may  adjourn  from  time  to 
time  and  may  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  members 
by  subpoena ;  disobedience  of  said  subpoena  may  be 
punished  at  the  discretion  of  the  Council  by  a  fine  not  to 
exceed  five  dollars. 

Duties  of  SEC.  5.     The   Mayor   shall   take   the   chair   precisely 

The  Mayor  at  the  hour  appointed  for  the  meeting  and  shall  at  once 
call  the  Council  to  order.  In  the  absence  of  the  Mayor 
the  City  Clerk  or  other  deputy  shall  call  the  meeting 
to  order,  whereupon  a  chairman  shall  be  elected  from 
among  the  councilmen  to  preside. 

I  fe  shall  preserve  order  and  decorum,  may  speak 
to  points  of  order  in  preference  to  other  members,  rising 
from  his  seat  for  that  purpose ;  and  shall  decide  questions 
of  order,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  Council  by  any 
member,  on  which  appeal  no  member  shall  speak  more 
than  once,  unless  by  leave  of  the  Council. 


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lie  shall  have  general  direction  of  the  hall  during 
meetings.  In  case  of  any  disturbance  or  disorderly 
conduct  in  the  hall,  the  Mayor  or  chairman  pro  tern 
shall  have  power  to  order  the  same  to  be  cleared. 

lie  shall  have  the  right  to  name  any  member  to 
perform  the  duties  of  the  chair,  but  such  substitution 
shall  not  extend  beyond  an  adjournment. 

All  ordinances  and  resolutions  shall  be  signed  by 
the  Mayor  and  attested  by  the  Clerk  under  seal  of  the 
City. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  appoint  all 
committees  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Council,  and 
to  refer  all  litigation  and  other  matters  not  herein 
specifically  provided  for  to  the  proper  committee. 

SKC.  6.     All   contracts   in   excess   of   three   hundred  $300.00 
dollars  entered  into  by  the  Council  or  any  of  the  Depart-  limit 
ments  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  if  entered  into  by 
authority  of  the   Council,   and   shall   be   signed   by   the 
Chairman  of  the  Department,  if  entered  into  by  authority 
of  the  Department,  and  in  all  cases  all  contracts  shall 
be  attested  by  the  Clerk  under  seal  of  the  City. 

SEC.  7.  The  order  of  business,  which  shall  not  be  Order  of 
departed  from  except  by  consent  of  eight  members,  shall  Business 
be  as  follows  : — 

1.  Calling  the  roll. 

2.  Reading  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting. 

3.  Presentation   of   petitions. 

4.  Communications. 

5.  Special  orders  of  the  day. 

6.  Reports     of     committees ;     motions ;     resolutions ; 
orders  and  ordinances. 

/.  Disposition  of  street  work. 

8.  Unfinished  business. 

<;.   Presentation  of  bills  and  accounts. 

10.  Miscellaneous    business. 

11.  Adjournment. 

SEC.  8.     On  or  before  the  first  regular  meeting  after   standing 
the  first  of  July  of  each  year,  the  Mayor  shall  appoint   committees 
the  following  standing  committees,  consisting  of  five  each, 
from  the  members  of  the  Council: — 

1.  Committee  No.  <i   relating  to  Public  Works. 

2.  Committee  No.  2  relating  to  Public  Safety. 

3.  Committee  No.  3  relating  to  Public  Library. 

4.  Committee  No.  4  relating  to  Ways  and  Means. 

5.  Committee  No.  5  relating  to  Auditing    and     Ac- 
counts. 


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Committee 
Number  2 

(duties) 


Committee  SEC.  9-     It   shall  be  the   duty  of   Committee   No.    i 

Number   i        with  the  aid  of  the  City  Attorney,  to  prepare  ordinances 
(duties)  relating  to   public   works ;   to   meet   with   the   Board   of 

Public  Works  in  July  of  each  year  for  the  purpose  of 
preparing  an  estimate  of  expenditures  for  the  Depart- 
ment for  the  ensuing  year,  which  they  shall  present  to 
the  Council ;  to  perform  any  other  duties  that  may  arise 
from  their  relationship  to  the  Board  of  Public  Works. 
SEC.  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  Committee  No.  2 
with  the  aid  of  the  City  Attorney,  to  prepare  ordinances 
relating  to  public  safety;  to  ireet  with  the  Board  of 
Public  Safety  in  July  of  each  year  for  the  purpose  of 
preparing  an  estimate  of  expenditures  for  the  Depart- 
ment for  the  ensuing  year,  which  they  shall  present  to 
the  Council ;  to  perform  any  other  duties  that  may  arise 
out  of  their  relationship  to  the  Board  of  Public  Safety. 
Committee  SEC.  ii.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  Committee  No.  3, 

Number  3       with  the  aid  of  the  City  Attorney,  to  prepare  ordinances 
(duties)  relating  to  the  Public  Library ;  to  meet  with  the  Library 

Board  in  July  of  each  year  for  the  purpose  of  preparing 
an  estimate  of  expenditures  for  the  Department  for  the 
ensuing  year,  which  they  shall  present  to  the  Council ; 
to  perform  any  other  duties  that  may  arise  from  their 
relationship  to  the  Library  Board. 

SEC.  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  Committee  No.  4  in 
July  of  each  year,  to  consider  the  estimates  of  the 
several  Departments  and  to  prepare  and  submit  to  the 
Council  the  annual  budget  for  their  consideration ;  to 
have  charge  of  all  City  property  not  under  the  control  of 
the  departments;  to  prepare,  with  the  aid  of  the  City 
Attorney,  all  ordinances  relating  to  taxes,  licenses  and 
the  creating  of  bonded  indebtedness. 

SEC.  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  Committee  No.  5 
to  have  charge  of  all  questions  relating  to  municipal 
accounting;  to  prepare  and  recommend  to  the  Council 
any  changes  in  the  system  of  accounting  that  they  deem 
necessary  to  make;  in  July  of  each  year  to  audit,  or  to 
have  audited,  as  directed  by  the  Council,  all  the  City 
accounts  including  accounts  of  the  several  commissions, 
Police  Court  and  other  officers ;  to  examine  and  verify 
all  accounts  coming  direct  to  the  Council,  and  to  certify 
them  by  the  signatures  of  at  least  three  members  of  the 
Committee,  and  to  perfom  any  other  duties  that  are 
clearly  implied  by  the  words*  ''Auditing  and  Accounts." 
Additional  SEC.  14.  Said  committees  shall  perform  all  other 

duties  duties  assigned  to  them  by  the  Council,  whether  such 

duties  are  herein  expressly  enumerated  or  not. 


Committee 
Number  4 
(duties) 


Committee 
Number  5" 
(duties) 


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39 


SEC.  15.  All  claims  against  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 
arising1  out  of  contract,  express  or  implied,  shall  be  filed 
with  the  Clerk  within  three  (3)  months  after  the  debt, 
liability  or  claim  became  due  and  payable. 

SEC.  16.  All  claims  against  the  City  for  damages 
not  arising  out  of  contract  shall  be  filed  with  the  Clerk 
within  thirty  (30)  days  after  the  time- or  event  out  of 
which  the  claim  against  the  City  arose. 

SKC.  17.  All  claims  against  the  City  shall  be  itemized 
and  verified  under  oath,  before  an  officer  duly  authorized 
to  administer  oaths,  before  the  same  are  filed  with  the 
Clerk. 

SEC.  1 8.  Neither  the  Council  nor  any  of  the  City 
boards  shall  create,  audit,  allow  or  permit  to  accrue  any 
debt  or  liability  in  excess  of  the  available  money  in  the 
treasury  that  may  be  legally  apportioned  or  appropriated 
for  any  specific  purpose. 

Xo  claim  shall  be  allowed  by  the  Council  or  any  of 
the  Departments  unles  the  same  shall  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  19.  All  votes  of  the  Council  relating  to  ordin- 
ances, taxes,  payment  of  money,  and  on  all  resolutions 
passed  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  any  state  law,  shall 
he  by  roll  call. 


Claims   aris- 
ing  out   of 
contract 


Claims  not 
arising  out 
of  contract 


Claims  to  be 
itemized  and 
verified 


The    creating 
of   debts 


Votes  by 
roll  call 


ARTICLE  II 
ORDINANCES    AND   PUBLICATIONS 

SEC.  i.  All  ordinances  must  be  presented  in  writing 
and  read  at  a  regular  meeting  at  least  two  weeks  before 
they  are  finally  acted  upon.  After  the  first  presentation 
and  reading  of  an  ordinance  it  must  be  filed  with  the 
Clerk  and  must  remain  in  his  custody,  subject  to  the 
inspection  of  the  public,  for  at  least  two  weeks,  and  until 
the  next  regular  or  adjourned  regular  meeting  of  the 
Council,  when  it  must  be  again  read  and  finally  voted 
upon,  or  action  postponed ;  provided,  that  in  cases  of 
emergency,  and  with  the  unanimous  consent  of  all  the 
Councilmen  present  at  any  meeting,  these  rules  may  be 
suspended  and  an  ordinance  adopted  at  any  regular  or 
regular  adjourned  meeting. 

SEC.  2.     Every    ordinance    shall    be    signed    by    the    pubiication 
Mayor,  attested  by  the  Clerk,  and  published  at  least  once 
in  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation,  published  in  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto,  or  posted  on  a  bulletin  board  at  the 
City  Hall,  provided  that  the  Clerk  shall  file  with  each 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    PALO   ALTO 


Rates 


Acceptance 

of  work- 


ordinance  in  the  Ordinance  T.ook  his  affidavit  of  the 
publication  or  the  posting  of  said  ordinance. 

SEC.  3.  All  publications  and  advertisements  of  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  required  to  be  published  in  a  newspaper 
of  general  circulation,  published  and  circulated  in  said 
City,  shall  be  printed  and  published  at  such  rates  as 
shall  be  determined  by  the  Council. 

SEC.  4.  Any  newspaper  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 
accepting  any  work  ordered  to  be  clone  shall  be  deemed 
to  have  accepted  said  work  at  such  rates  as  shall  have 
been  determined  "by  the  Council,  and  no  charge  in  excess 
of  said  rates  shall  be  allowed  or  audited  for  said  work, 
unless  expressly  authorized  by  the  Council. 


ARTICLE  III 


General 
and    special 
municipal 
elections 


Precincts 


Polling 
places 


Election 
boards 


ELECTIONS 

SEC.  i.  This  ordinance  shall  govern  and  be  the  law 
of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  as  to  all  elections  held  in  said 
City,  and  the  provisions  hereof  shall  supersede  all  other 
election  laws  inconsistent  herewith.  Elections  shall  be 
known  as  general  and  special  municipal  elections.  All 
elections  for  the  office  of  councilmen  shall  be  known 
as  general  municipal  elections ;  all  other  elections  shall 
be  known  as  special  municipal  elections. 

SEC.  2.  For  the  purpose  of  holding  municipal 
elections,  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  is  divided  into  two  pre- 
cincts which  shall  Le  known  and  designated  as  Precinct 
Number  I  and  Precinct  Number  2.  Precinct  No.  i  of 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  consist  of  all  that  portion 
of  said  City  of  Palo  Alto  lying  southwest  of  the  center 
line  of  Waverly  street;  and  Precinct  No.  2  shall  con- 
sist of  all  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  lying- 
northeast  of  the  center  line  of  Waverly  street. 

SEC.  3.  The  polling  place  for  Precinct  No.  i  shall 
be  at  the  Fire  Department  Room  at  the  City  Hall.  All 
voters  living  in  Precinct  No.  i  shall  vote  thereat.  The 
polling  place  for  Precinct  No.  2  shall  be  upon  the  City 
Lot  at  the  corner  of  \Yaverly  street  and  University 
avenue,  being  Lot  I  of  Block  30  according  to  Wade's 
Subdivision  thereof.  All  voters  living  in  Precinct  No. 
2  shall  vote  thereat. 

SEC.  4.  The  Board  of  Election  for  each  such  Precinct 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  and  shall  consist  of 
one  inspector,  one  judge,  one  clerk  and  one  ballot  clerk. 


CITY    <;OVKR. \MK.\T 


At  each  polling  place  there  shall  be  one  poll-list,  one 
tally  list,  and  one  book  of  original  affidavits  of  registra- 
tion. These  shall  be  returned  to  the  Clerk  of  the  City 
of  I'alo  Alto  with  the  official  returns,  and  the  result  of 
all  elections  shall  lie  officially  declared  by  the  City 
Council  cither  by  ordinance  or  resolution. 

SEC. '5.  (i)  The  mode  of  nomination  and  election 
of  all  coundlmen  of  the  City  to  be  voted  for  at  any 
municipal  election  shall  be  as  follows  and  not  otherwise : 

(2)  The  name  of  a  candidate  shall  be  printed  upon 
the  ballot  when  a  petition  of  nomination  shall  have  been 
riled  in  his  behalf  in  the  manner  and  form  and  under  the 
conditions  hereinafter  set  forth. 

(3)  The  petition  of  nomination  shall  consist  of  not 
less  than  twenty-five  individual  certificates,  which  shaH 
read  substantially  as  follows  :— 

State  of  California          I 
County  of  Santa  Clara  >     SS 
City  of  Palo  Alto  j 

Precinct  No 

I,  the  undersigned,  certify  that  I  do  hereby  join  in 

a  petition  for  the  nomination  of 

whose  residence  is  at  No St. 

for  the  office  of  councilman  to  be  voted  for  at  the 
municipal  election  to  he  held  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  on 

the day   of 19 and 

I  f uither  certify  that  I  am  a  qualified  elector  of  said 
City,  that  I  have  not  signed  more  petitions  than  there 
are  places  to  be  filled  in  the  above  named  office ;  that  my 

residence  is  at  No Street,  Palo 

Alto,  and  my  occupation  is 

(signed) 

State  of  California          I 
County  of  Santa  Clara  /     SS 
City  of  Palo  Alto 

being  duly  sworn,  deposes  and 

says  that  he  is  the  person  who  signed  the  foregoing 
certificate  and  that  the  statements  therein  are  true  and 
correct. 

(  signed ) 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to 

1  eforc    me    this 

day   of 19 

Notary  Public  or 
Verification   Deputy. 


Nomination 
and  election 
of  officers 

Requirements 
of   candidacy 


Form   of 

nomination 

petition 


42  ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 

The  petition  of  nomination  of  which  this  certificate 
forms  a  part  shall,  if  found  insufficient,  be  returned  to 

at   No 

Street,  Palo  Alto,  Cal. 


Forms 
supplied  by 
City   Clerk 


Requirements 
of  certificates 


Verification 
deputies 


Date  of 

presenting 

petition 


(4)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  to  furnish 
upon    application    a    reasonable    number    of    forms    of 
individual  certificates  of  the  above  character. 

(5)  Each    certificate    must    be    a    separate    paper. 
All  certificates  must  be  of  a  uniform  size  as  determined 
by  the  City   Clerk.     Each   certificate   must  contain   the 
name  of  one  signer  thereto  and  no  more.     Each  certifi- 
cate shall  contain  the  name  of  one  candidate  and  no  more. 
Each  signer  must  be  a  qualified  elector,  and  must  not  at 
the  time  of  signing  a  certificate  have  his  name  signed 
to  more  certificates  for  candidates  for  that  office  than 
there  are  places  to  be  filled  in  such  office.     In  case  an 
elector   does   so   sign,   such   additional   certificates    shall 
be  invalid.     Each  signer  must  verify  his  certificate  and 
make  oath  that  the  same  is  true  before  a  notary  public 
or  a  verification  deputy,  as  provided  for  in  this  section. 
Each    certificate    shall    further    contain    the    name    and 
address   of  the   person   to   whom  the   petition   is   to   be 
returned  in  case  said  petition  is  found  insufficient. 

(6)  Verification   deputies,   under   this   section,   must 
be  qualified  electors  of  the  City  and  shall  be  appointed 
by  the  City  Clerk  upon  application  in  writing,   signed 
by  not  less  than  five  qualified  electors  of  the  City.     The 
application  shall  set  forth  that  the  signers  thereto  desire 
to  procure  the  necessary  signatures  of  electors  for  the 
nomination    of    candidates    for    municipal    office    at    an 
election  therein  specified,  and  that  the  applicants  desire 
to  have  the  person  or  persons  whose  names  and  addresses 
are  given  appointed  as  verification  deputies,  who  shall 
upon  appointment  be  authorized  and  empowered  to  take 
the  oath  of  verification  of  the  signers  of  petitions   of 
nomination.     Such  verification  deputies  need  not  use  a 
seal,  and  shall  not  have  power  to  take  oaths  for  any 
other     purpose     whatsoever,     and     their     appointments 
shall    continue    only    until    all    petitions    of    nomination, 
under  this  section,  shall  have  been  filed  by  the  City  Clerk. 

(7)  A    petition    of    nomination,    consisting    of    not 
less  than  twenty-five  individual  certificates  for  any  one 
candidate,    nay    be    presented    to    the     City    Clerk    not 
earlier  than  thirty  days  nor  later  than  ten  days  before 
the  election.     The  Clerk  shall  endorse  thereon  the  date 
upon  which  the  petition  was  presented  to  him. 


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(8)  When  a  petition  of  nomination  is  presented  for 
filing  to  the  City  Clerk,  he  shall  forthwith  examine  the 
same,  and  ascertain  whether  it  conforms  to  the  provisions 
of  this   sect;on.     If   found  not  to  conform   thereto,   he 
shall  then  and  there  in  writing  designate  on  said  petition 
the    defect   or   omission   or    reason    why   such    petition 
cannot  be  filed,  and  shall  return  the  petition  to  the  person 
named  as  the  person  to  whom  the  same  may  be  returned 
in  acordance  with  this  section.     The  petition  may  then 
be  amended  and  again  presented  to  the  Clerk  as  in  the 
first   instance.      The    Clerk   shall    forthwith   proceed   to 
examine    the    petition    as    hereinbefore    provided.      If 
necessary,  the  Council  shall  provide  extra  help  to  enable 
the   Clerk   to   perform   satisfactorily   and   promptly   the 
duties  imposed  by  this  section. 

(9)  Any    signer    of    a    petition    of   nomination    and 
certificate   may  withdraw   his  name   from  the  same  by 
filing  with  the  City  Clerk  a  verified  revocation  of  his 
signature  not  later  than  fifteen  days  before  the  day  of 
election.     He  shall  then  be  at  liberty  to  sign  a  petition 
for  another  candidate  for  the  same  office. 

(  10)  Any  person  whose  name  has  been  presented 
under  this  section  as  a  candidate  may,  not  later  than 
fifteen  days  before  the  day  of  election,  cause  his  name  to 
he  withdrawn  from  nomination  by  filing  with  the  City 
Clerk  a  request  therefor  in  writing,  and  no  name  so 
withdrawn  shall  be  printed  upon  the  ballot. 

(u)  If  either  the  original  or  the  amended  petition 
of  nomination  be  found  sufficiently  signed  as  herein- 
before provided,  the  Clerk  shall  file  the  same  ten  days 
before  the  date  of  election.  No  petition  of  nomination 
shall  be  withdrawn  nor  added  to  and  no  signature  shall 
be  revoked  later  than  fifteen  days  before  the  day  of 
election. 

(12)  The  City  Clerk  shall  preserve  in  his  office  for 
a  period  of  two  years  all  petitions  of  nomination  and  all 
certificates  belonging  thereto  filed  under  this  section. 

(13)  Immediately  after  such  petitions  are  filed,  the 
Clerk  shall  enter  the  names  of  the  candidates  in  a  list, 
with  the  offices  to  be  filled,  and  shall,  not  later  than 
eight  days  before  the  election,  certify  such  list  as  being 
the    list   of   candidates    nominated    as    required    by   this 
article,  and  the  Council  shall  cause  said  certified  list  of 
names  and  the  offices  to  be  filled,  designating  whether 
for  a  full  term  or  unexpired  term,  to  be  published  in 
the  proclamation  ordinance  calling  the  election,  at  least 
six  successive  days  before  the  election,  in  a  daily  news- 


Examination 

of    petitions 
by  City  Clerk 


Withdrawal 
of    signature 


Withdrawal 
of    candidate 


Filing    of 
petitions 


Preservation 
of    petitions 

Election 
proclamation 


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ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITV    OF    PALO    ALTO 


Form    of 
ballot 


Requirements 
of    ballot 


Every    nom- 
inee   to    be 
on    ballot 


Space    for 
voting    cross 

Blank  spaces 
for  addition- 
al candidates 


Sample 
ballot 


paper  of  general   circulation   published   in  the   Citv  of 
Palo  Alto, 

( 14)  The   City   Clerk  shall   cause  the  ballots  to   be 
printed    and*  bound   and    numbered.      The    ballots    shall 
contain  the  list  of  names  and  the  respective  offices,  as 
published   in   the   proclamation   ordinance,   and   shall   be 
in   substantially  the  following  form  :— 

GENERAL    (OR    SPECIAL)    MUNICIPAL   ELEC- 
TION,  CITY  OF   PALO   ALTO 

( inserting  date  thereof) 

INSTRUCTIONS  TO  VOTERS.  To  vote,  stamp  a  cross 
(X)  opposite  the  name  of  the  candidate  for  whom  you 
desire  to  vote.  All  marks  otherwise  made  are  forbidden. 
All  distinguishing  marks  are  forbidden  and  make  the 
ballot  void.  If  you  wrongly  stamp,  tear  or  deface  this 
ballot,  return  it  to  the  inspector  of  election  and  obtain 
another. 

(15)  All    ballots    shall   be   precisely   the   same    size, 
quality,  tint  of  paper,  kind  of  type  and  color  of  ink,  so 
that  without  the  number  it  would  be  impossible  to  dis- 
tinguish one  ballot  from  another;  and  the  names  of  all 
candidates  printed  upon  the  ballot  shall  be  in  type  of 
the  same  size  and  style.     A  column  may  be  provided  on 
the   right  hand   side   for  charter  amendments   or  other 
questions  to  be  voted  upon  at  the  municipal  elections,  as 
provided  for  under  the  charter.      The  names  of  the  can- 
didates for  each  office  shall  be  arranged  in  alphabetical 
order,  and  nothing  on  the  ballot  shall  be  indicative  of 
the  source  of  the  candidacy  or  of  the  support  of  any 
candidate. 

(16)  The  name  of  no  candidate  who  has  been  duly 
and  regularly  nominated,  and  who  has  not  withdrawn  his 
name   as   herein   provided,    shall   be   omitted    from   the 
ballot. 

(17)  Half-inch  squares  shall  be  provided  at  the  right 
of  the  name  of  each  candidate  wherein  to   stamp  the 
cross. 

(18)  Half-inch     spaces     shall     be     left    below     the 
printed   names   of   candidates   for   each   office   equal    in 
number  to  the  number  to  be  voted  for,  wherein  the  voter 
may  write  the  name  of  any  person  or  persons  for  whom 
he  may  wish  to  vote. 

(19)  The   clerk    shall    cause   to   be   printed    sample 
ballots  identical  with  the  ballot  to  be  used  at  the  election 
and  shall  mail  a  copy  of  the  same  to  each  registered 
voter  at  least  five  days  before  the  date  fixed  for  such 
election. 


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45 


(20)  Those  candidates  for  councilmcn  equal  in  num- 
ber to  the  number  to  be  elected,  who  receive  the  highest 
number  of  votes  for  such  office  shall  be  declared  elected; 
provided,    however,    that   no    person    shall    be    declared 
elected   to   any   office   at   such   first   election    unless   the 
number  of  votes  received  by  him  shall  be  greater  than 
one-half  the  number  of  ballots  cast  at  such  election. 

(21)  If    at    any    election    held    as    above    provided, 
there  shall  be  any  office  to  which  the  required  number 
of  persons  was  not  elected,  then  as  to  such  office  the 
said   first  election   shall  be  considered   to   have   been   a 
primary  election  for  the  nomination  of  candidates,  and 
a  second  election  shall  be  held  to  fill  said  office.     The 
candidates   not   elected   at   such   first   election,   equal   in 
number  to  twice  the  number  to  be  elected  for  any  given 
office,  or  less  if  so  there  be,  who  receive  the  highest 
nu  rber  of  votes  for  the  respective  offices  at  such  first 
election,   shall   be   the   only   candidates   at   such   second 
election ;   provided,   that   if   there   be   any   person   who, 
under   the   provisions   of   this   subdivision,    would   have 
been  entitled  to  beco  re  a  candidate  for  any  office  except 
for  the  fact  that  some  other  candidate  received  an  equal 
number     of     votes     therefor,     then     all     such     persons 
receiving    such    equal    number    of   votes    shall    likewise 
become  candidates  for  such  office. 

The  candidates  equal  in  number  to  the  persons  to  be 
elected  who  shall  receive  the  highest  number  of  votes  at 
such  second  election  shall  be  declared  elected  to  such 
office;  provided,  however,  that  in  case  of  a  tie  in  said 
second  election,  the  Council  shall  decide  which  of  the 
persons  tied  shall  hold  the  office. 

( 22)  The   said   second   election,   if   necessary   to   be 
held,  shall  be  held  one  week  after  the  first  election. 

(23)  All   the   provisions    and   conditions    above   set 
forth  as  to  the  conduct  of  an  election,  so  far  as  they 
may   be    applicable,    shall    govern   the    second   election, 
except  that  notice  of  election  need  be  published  twice 
only. 

(24)  If  a  person  elected  fails  to  qualify,  the  office 
shall  be  filled  as  if  there  were  a  vacancy  in  such  office, 
as  provided  by  the  charter. 

(25)  No     informalities     in     conducting     municipal 
elections   shall   invalidate  the   same,   if  they   have   been 
conducted  fairly  and  in  substantial  conformity  with  the 
requirements    of    this    article. 

SEC.  6.  (i)  The  provisions  of  the  State  law 
relating  to  the  qualifications  of  electors,  the  manner  of 
voting,  the  duties  of  election  officers,  the  canvassing 


Votes    neces- 
sary  for 
election 


Second 
election 


Date    of 

second 

election 

Rules    cover- 
ing  second 
election 

Failure    to 
qualify 

Informalities 
in    election 


General  elec- 
tion regula- 
tions 


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ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 


Voting 
machines 


of  returns,  and  all  other  particulars  in  respect  to  the 
management  of  elections,  so  far  as  they  may  be  appli- 
cable and  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this 
article,  shall  govern  all  municipal  elections ;  provided 
that  the  Council  shall  meet  as  a  canvassing  board  and 
duly  canvass  the  election  returns  within  four  days  after 
any  municipal  election. 

(2)  In  case  voting  machines  shall  be  used  at 
municipal  elections,  the  Council  shall  have  power,  by 
ordinance,  to  modify  the  provisions  of  section  5  as  far 
as  may  be  necessary  to  adapt  them  to  the  use  of  voting 
machines. 


ARTICLE  IV 


Officials 
boards    or 
departments 

Enumeration 


Purchases 
to    be    made 
by  requisition 


City   Clerk 

and 

Assessor 


OFFICIALS,    BOARDS    OR    DEPARTMENTS 

SEC.  i.  There  shall  be  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 
the  following  officials,  boards  or  departments: — A 
Clerk  and  Assessor;  an  Auditor  and  Tax  Collector;  a 
Deputy  Auditor  and  Tax  Collector;  a  City  Treasurer;  a 
City  Attorney;  a  Judge  of  the  Police  Court;  whose  ap- 
pointment shall  be  made  by  and  the  tenure  of  office 
and  'salaries  fixed  by  the  Council ;  a  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Works,  consisting  of  three  members,  to  be 
appointed  by  the  Council ;  a  Board  of  Public  Safety, 
consisting  of  three  members,  to  be  appointed  by  the 
Council;  a  Board  of  Public  Library,  consisting  of  three 
members,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Council. 

SEC.  2.  All  purchases  of  supplies  for  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto  by  the  Council  or  by  any  of  the  Departments 
thereof  shall  be  made  upon  requisition.  All  department 
requisitions  shall  he  signed  by  the  chairman  of  the 
department.  All  other  requisitions  shall  be  signed  as 
the  Council  may  direct.  All  requisitions  shall  be  filed 
with  the  Auditor  and  all  purchases  made  only  on  order 
first  obtained  from  said  officer. 

SEC.  3.  The  City  Clerk  and  Assessor  shall  perform 
the  duties  prescribed  by  Section  i  and  Section  5  of  Article 
IV  of  the  Charter  of 'the  City  of  Palo  Alto.  The  City 
Clerk  shall  also  furnish  to  the  Auditor  as  needed,  any 
and  all  statements  or  accounts  in  connection  with  his 
office  or  with  the  several  departments.  The  clerk  shall 
perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the 
Council.  He  shall  be  under  a  bond  to  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto  to  be  approved  by  the  Council  and  the  City 


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47 


Attorney,  in  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars,  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  his  duties. 

SEC.  4.  The  Auditor  and  Tax  Collector  shall  per- 
form the  duties  prescribed  by  Section  2  and  Section  3  of 
Article  IV  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  and 
such  additional  duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  City 
Council.  He  shall  be  under  a  bond  to  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto,  to  be  approved  by  the  Council  and  the  City 
Attorney,  in  the  sum  of  Five  Thousand  Dollars  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  his  duties. 

SEC.  5.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  perform  the  duties 
prescribed  by  Section  4  of  Article  IV  of  the  Charter  of 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  and  such  additional  duties  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  the  City  Council.  He  shall  be 
under  a  bond  to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  to  be  approved 
by  the  Council  and  the  City  Attorney,  in  the  sum  of 
Ten  Thousand  Dollars  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
his  duties. 

SEC.  6.  The  Deputy  Auditor  and  Tax  Collector 
shall  perform  the  duties  prescribed  by  Section  4  hereof 
as  directed  by  the  Auditor  and  Tax  Collector,  and  such* 
additional  duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Council. 
He  shall  be  under  a  bond  to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  to  be 
approved  by  the  Council  and  the  City  Attorney,  in  the 
sum  of  Three  Thousand  Dollars  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  his  duties. 

SEC.  7.  The  books  and  records  of  all  city  offices 
shall  be  open  at  all  times  during  office  hours  and  any 
taxpayer  of  the  City  may  inspect  the  same  provided  such 
taxpayer  shall  specify  the  book  or  record  he  desires  to 
see,  and  such  book  or  record  shall  not  be  taken  from  the 
office. 

SEC.  8.  The  regular  meetings  of  the  several  boards 
of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  be  as  follows : — 

The  Board  of  Public  Works  at  the  hour  of  5  p.  m. 
on  the  first  Monday  of  every  month  at  the  City  Hall ; 

The  Board  of  Public  Safety  at  7 130  p.  m.  on  the  first 
Monday  of  every  month  at  the  City  Hall ; 

The  Board  of  Public  Library  at  the  hour  of  7 130  p.  m. 
on  the  first  legal  day  of  every  month  at  the  Library 
building. 

SEC.  9.  Special  meetings  of  a  board  may  be  called  at 
any  time  by  any  member  thereof  by  giving  actual  notice 
to  each  n  ember  at  least  three  hours  before  the  time 
specified  for  said  meeting. 

SEC.  10.  Said  boards  shall  elect  one  of  their  mem- 
bers to  preside  over  said  meetings;  in  his  absence  one 
of  the  other  members  may  preside.  Two  members  of  a 


Auditor    and 
Tax  Collector 


Treasurer 


Deputy 
Auditor    aud 
Tax  Collector 


Books   and 
records 


Meetings   of 
boards 


Special 
meetings 


Presiding 
officer   and 
quorum 


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ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 


Order  of 
business 


Reports   of 
boards 


Financial 
statement 


City  Engineer 
and  ex-officio 
superinten- 
dent of 
streets 


Police 
department 


board  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business. 

SEC.   ii.     The  order  of  business  shall  be  as  follows  : — 

1  Calling  the  roll. 

2  Reading  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting. 

3  Presentation  of  petitions. 

4  Communications   and   reports. 

5  Special  orders  of  the  day. 

6  Motions,  resolutions,  orders  and  ordinances. 

7  Reports  of  officers. 

8  Unfinished  business. 

9  Auditing  of  accounts. 

10  New  business. 

11  Adjournment. 

Provided,  however,  that  the  above  order  of  business 
may  be  changed  by  a  board  on  motion  when  it  shall  be 
deemed  necessary  by  said  board. 

SEC.  12.  Each  of  the  several  boards  or  departments 
of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk  a 
,  monthly  report  showing  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of 
said  board  or  department,  and  an  annual  report  showing 
in  detail  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  said  board  or 
department  for  the  past  year,  and  the  number  of  officers 
and  other  employees  employed  by  said  board  and  the 
salary  or  compensation  paid  such  officers  or  employees. 

SEC.  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  of  the  said 
boards,  in  co-operation  with  the  proper  committee  of  the 
Council,  during  the  month  of  July  of  each  and  every  year 
to  prepare  and  present  to  the  Council  of  said  City  a 
statement  showing  approximately  the  amount  of  money 
that  will  be  required  by  it  in  the  discharge  of  its  duties 
for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year,  in  order  that  the  said  Council 
may  pass  upon  said  statement  in  determining  the  amount 
of  taxes  to  be  raised  for  said  year. 

SEC.  14.  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  appoint 
an  executive  officer,  as  provided  by  the  Charter,  who 
shall  be  known  and  designated  as  the  City  Engineer  and 
ex-officio  Superintendent  of  Streets.  They  shall  appoint 
on  his  recommendation  such  additional  officers  or  em- 
ployees as  are  necessary  for  carrying  on  the  work  of 
their  department,  as  provided  by  the  Charter  of  the  City 
of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  15.  The  Police  Department  shall  consist  of  a 
Chief  of  Police  and  such  number  of  policemen  as  the 
Board  of  Public  Safety  may  from  time  to  time  appoint. 
In  addition  to  such  regular  policemen,  the  Board  shall 
have  power  to  appoint  special  policemen  to  hold  office 


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for  such  length  of  time  as  shall  be  designated  in  the 
appointment,  whenever  said  Board  shall  deem  such 
officers  necessary. 

The  policemen  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Policemen 
Public  Safety  and  shall  hold  office  at  the  will  of  said 
Board  and  until  their  successors  in  office  are  appointed, 
and  may  be  dismissed  without  notice.  Each  regular 
policeman  shall  wear  a  metal  badge  conspicuously  dis- 
played with  "Palo  Alto  Police"  engraved  upon  the  same. 
Each  regular  policeman  shall  file  a  bond  to  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto  with  two  good  and  sufficient  sureties  or  a 
bonding  company,  to  be  approved  by  the  Board  of 
Public  Safety,  in  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties. 

Each  policeman  shall  have  the  powers  that  are  now  Powers  of 
conferred  by  law  upon  police  officers  of  this  State  in  policemen 
all  matters  pertaining  to  the  enforcement  of  the  police 
regulations  of  the  City,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  the 
same  protection  in  all  respects  as  is  now  afforded  by 
law  to  police  officers  of  this  State.  It  shall  be  his 
duty  to  enforce  the  police  regulations  of  said  City,  to 
prevent  the  commission  of  any  breach  of  the  peace,  to 
suppress  riots  and  disorderly  assemblages,  and  to  arrest 
every  person  found  violating  any  law  or  ordinance  or 
committing  acts  injurious  to  the  quiet  and  good  order 
of  the  City,  or  to  the  person  or  property  of  any  citizen 
of  the  City.  He  shall  have  such  further  powers  and 
duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  City  Council  or  the 
Board  of  Public  Safety  by  ordinance  or  order. 

SKC.   1 6.     The  Board  of   Public  Safety  shall  super-    Sanitary 
vise  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  sanitary  condition  of   condition 
the   City,    and   shall   make    such   rules   and    regulations   c 
relative  thereto  as  are  necessary  and  proper.    They  shall 
report  to  the   Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Health 
at    Sacramento   at   such    times   as   the    State    Board   of 
Health  may  require,  all  matters  and  things  required  by 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  California.     Said  Board  shall 
have  all  the  powers  and  exercise  all  the  duties  required 
of  it  by  the   laws  of  the   State  of   California  applying 
to  Boards  of  Health. 

In  the  exercise  of  these  powers  and  duties  the  said   Health 
Board    shall    appoint    an    executive    officer,    whose   title  ( 
shall  be  Health  Officer.     Said  Health  Officer  of  the  City 
of  Palo  Alto  is  hereby  vested  with  full  power  to  enforce 
all  the  health  and  sanitary  regulations  provided  by  ordi- 
nances of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  or  by  rules  and  regula- 
tions  of  this   Board,   or  by   the   laws   of  the   State   of 
California. 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 


Salary   of 

Health 

Officer 


Violation 
of   sanitary 
rules 


Penalty 


Powers    of 
appointment 
and 
removal 


SEC.  17.  The  Health  Officer  shall  receive  as  com- 
pensation for  the  discharge  of  said  duties  an  annual 
salary  to  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Public  Safety,  payable 
in  twelve  equal  installments. 

SEC.  1 8.  It  is  hereby  declared  unlawful  for  any 
person  to  interfere  in  any  manner  or  form,  or  disobey 
or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  pertaining  to  health  and  sanitary 
regulations,  or  of  any  orders  or  rules  or  regulations 
prescribed  or  made  by  this  Board,  or  by  the  said  Health 
Officer  in  the  lawful  discharge  of  his  duties  herein  set 
forth. 

SEC.  19.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  the 
provisions  of  the  last  section  herein  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  Three  Hundred 
Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
three  months,  or  by  both  fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  20.  All  the  above  boards  shall  have  the  power 
of  appointment  and  removal  of  all  officers  in  their 
respective  departments,  and  shall  fix  their  compensation 
and  tenure  of  office. 


PART  II 

REVENUE 


ARTICLE  I 

ASSESSMENT,    LEVY    AND    COLLECTION    OF 
TAXES 

SEC.  i.  Between  the  first  Monday  of  March  and  the 
first  day  of  July  of  each  year,  the  City  Assessor  shall  Assessment 
ascertain  the  names  of  all  taxable  inhabitants  and  all 
property  within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  subject  to  taxation 
by  the  City,  and  must  assess  such  property  to  the  persons 
by  whom  it  was  owned  or  claimed,  or  in  whose  posses- 
sion or  control  it  was  at  twelve  o'clock  m.  of  such  first 
Monday  of  March;  but  no  mistake  in  the  name  of  the 
owner,  or  supposed  owner,  of  property  shall  render  the 
assessment  thereof  invalid.  In  assessing  solvent  credits 
not  secured  by  mortgage  or  trust  deed,  a  reduction 
therefrom  shall  be  made  of  debts  due  to  bona  fide  resi- 
dents of  this  State.  He  shall  proceed,  so  far  as  applic- 
able in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for  the  action  of 
county  assessors  by  Chapter  III  of  Title  IX  of  Part  III 
of  the  Political  Code;  and  must  prepare  "an  assessment 
roll  of  persons  and  property  subject  to  taxation,  listed 
by  block  number,  in  which  must  be  specified,  in  separate 
columns,  under  the  appropriate  heads,  the  several 
matters  and  things  respecting  the  City  assessment 
substantially  as  required  by  Section  3650  of  the 
Political  Code  of  the  State  of  California  respecting 
assessments  for  State  and  County  purposes ;  and  must 
sign  and  certify  said  assessment  roll  and  take  and  sub- 
scribe an  affidavit  therein  substantially  in  the  form 
required  of  county  assessors  by  Section  3652  of  the 
Political  Code.  The  clerk  shall*,  after  making  out  the 
assessment  roll,  write  in  the  tax  receipt  blanks  the 
description  of  property,  block  number,  valuation  and 
names  of  owners. 

SEC.  2.     As  soon  as  completed  and  on  or  before  the 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 


Notice  of 
equalization 


Penalty 


Personal 
property 
tax 


Sale  of 
personal 
property 
for  taxes 


first  day  of  July  of  each  year,  the  City  Assessor  shall 
deliver  his  assessment  roll,  together  with  his  map  book 
(if  any)  and  statements  to  the  City  Council  to  be  equal- 
ized ;  and  the  City  Council  must  immediately  give  notice 
thereof,  and  of  the  time  when  the  Council  will  meet  to 
equalize  assessments,  by  publication  in  some  newspaper 
published  in  said  City,  and,  in  the  meantime,  the  assess- 
ment roll  must  remain  open  for  the  inspection  of  all 
persons  interested. 

SEC.  3.  If  the  City  Assessor  shall  fail  to  complete 
and  deliver  his  assessment  roll  within  the  time  herein- 
before specified,  he  shall  forfeit  to  the  City  the  sum  of 
five  hundred  dollars,  and  any  other  damages  the  City 
may  sustain  by  reason  of  such  failure,  and  he  is  also 
liable  to  the  City  for  all  taxes  on  property  within  the 
City,  which,  through  his  willful  failure  or  neglect,  may, 
at  any  time  be  unassessed ;  and  recovery  for  such  penalty, 
damages  and  loss  of  taxes,  or  either  or  any  of  such 
matters,  may  be  had  by  the  City  upon  his  official  bond. 

SEC.  4.  The  City  Assessor  must  collect  the  taxes  on 
all  personal  property,  when,  in  his  opinion,  said  taxes 
are  not  a  lien  upon  real  property  sufficient  to  secure  the 
payment  of  the  taxes.  He  shall  pay  to  the  Auditor 
every  three  days  all  personal  property  taxes  collected  by 
him  and  in  his  hands,  taking  the  Auditor's  receipt  for 
the  moneys  so  paid. 

The  Assessor  shall  be  governed,  as  to  the  amount 
of  taxes  to  be  by  him  collected  on  unsecured  personal 
property,  by  the  rate  of  the  previous  year. 

SEC.  5.  The  City  Assessor  may,  after  making  an 
assessment,  collect  the  taxes  due  on  personal  property, 
(except  when  real  estate  is  liable  therefor),  by  seizure 
and  sale  of  any  personal  property  owned  by  the  delin- 
quent. The  sale  must  be  at  public  auction,  and  of  a  suffi- 
cient amount  of  the  property  to  pay  the  taxes  and  costs. 
The  sale  shall  be  made  after  one  week's,  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  thereof  given  by  publication  in  a  newspaper  in 
the  city,  or  by  posting  in  three  public  places.  For  seizing 
or  selling  personal  property  the  Assessor  shall  charge 
in  each  case,  for  the  use  of  the  City,  the  sum  of  three 
dollars,  and  the  same  mileage  as  is  allowed  by  law  to  the 
sheriff  of  the  county.  , 

On  payment  of  the  price  bid  for  any  property  sold, 
the  delivery  thereof,  with  a  bill  of  sale,  vests  the  title 
thereto  in  the  purchaser.  All  excess  of  the  proceeds 
over  the  taxes  and  costs  of  any  such  sale  must  be 
returned  to  the  owner  of  the  property  sold,  and,  until 
claimed,  must  be  deposited  in  the  treasury  of  the  City, 


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subject  to  the  order  of  the  owner,  his  heirs  or  assigns. 
The  unsold  portions  of  any  property  may  be  left  at  the 
place  of  sale  at  the  risk  of  the  owner. 

S  F.r.  6.  The  City  Council  shall  meet  at  their  usual 
place  of  holding  meetings  on  the  first  Monday  in  August  Board  of 
of  each  year,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  said  day,  Equalization 
and  sit  as  a  Board  of  Equalization ;  and  shall  continue  in 
session,  from  day  to  day,  until  all  the  returns  of  the 
assessor  have  been  rectified.  They  shall  have  power  to 
hear  complaints,  and  to  correct,  modify  or  strike  out  any 
assessment  made  by  the  Assessor ;  and  may,  of  their  own 
motion,  raise  any  assessment,  upon  notice  to  the  party 
whose  assessment  is  to  be  raised.  They  shall  be  governed, 
so  far  as  applicable,  by  the  provisions  of  Chapter  IV  of 
Title  IX  of  Part  III  of  the  Political  Code  relating  to 
equalization  of  taxes. 

SEC.  7.     The   City  Clerk  shall   be  the   Clerk  of  the 
Board  of  Equalization,  and,  as  such,  must  record  in  a   Clerk-  to  en- 
book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  all  changes,  corrections   ter  changes 
and  orders  made  by  the  Board;  and  during  the  sessions 
of  the  Board,  or  as  soon  as  possible  after  its  adjournment, 
must  enter  on  the  assessment  roll  all  changes  and  correc- 
tions   made   by   the    Board,    and    having   completed   the 
corrections  in  the  assessment  roll,  must  take  and  subscribe 
an    affidavit    on    said    assessment    roll    substantially    as 
follows : — 

"I, Clerk   of   the   City 

"of  Palo  Alto  do  swear  that,  as  Clerk  of  the  Board  of 
" Equalization  of  said  City,  I  have  kept  correct  minutes 
"of  all  acts  of  the  Board  touching  alterations  of  the 
"assessment  roll;  that  all  alterations  agreed  to  or 
"directed  to  be  made  have  been  made  and  entered  on  the 
"assessment  roll,  and  that  no  changes  or  alterations  have 
"been  made  thereon  except  those  authorized." 

The  assessment  roll  so  corrected  shall  be  certified  by 
the  City  Clerk  as  being  the  assessment  roll  for  each  tax 
for  the  year,  and  shall  be  the  assessment  roll  upon  which 
such  tax  is  to  be  levied  in  said  year. 

SKC.  8.  The  City  Council  must,  on  the  first  day  of  Tax  lery 
September  of  each  year,  fix  the  rate  of  City  taxes, 
designating  the  number  of  cents  on  each  one  hundred 
dollars  of  property  levied  for  each  fund ;  and  must  then 
levy  such  City  taxes  as  may  be  necessary  to  raise  revenue 
for  the  maintenance  of  the  City  and  the  several  depart- 
ment^ during  the  ensuing  fiscal  year,  but  such  tax  levy,  for 
all  municipal  purposes,  except  the  payment  of  interest 
and  principal  on  the  bonded  indebtedness,  shall  not 


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Clerk    to 
enter    in 
assessment 
book   taxes 
to  be  paid  on 
property 


Tax    Collec- 
tor to  give 
notice    of 
time   when 
taxes  must 
be  paid 


Receipt  for 
taxes    paid 


exceed  the  sum  of  eighty-five  cents  upon  each  one  hun- 
dred dollars  of  assessed-  valuation  as  the  same  appears 
upon  the  assessment  roll. 

SEC.  9.  When  the  assessments  have  been  equalized 
and  the  corrections  made  and  the  tax  levied  as  aforesaid, 
the  Clerk  must  enter  on  said  assessment  roll  in  a  separate 
money  column  the  respective  sums,  in  dollars  and  cents, 
so  levied  on  each  one  hundred  dollars  valuation  of  taxable 
property  (rejecting  the  fractions  of  a  cent),  to  be  paid  as 
a  tax  levied  on  the  property  enumerated,  and  foot  up  the 
column,  showing  the  total  value  of  property  in  the  City 
as  corrected  under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Equaliza- 
tion, and  the  total  amount  of  taxes ;  the  whole  to  be  done 
and  completed  on  or  before  the  third  Monday  in  Septem- 
ber of  each  year. 

SEC.  10.  On  or  before  the  third  Monday  in  Septem- 
ber of  each  year,  the  assessment  roll  shall  be  delivered  to 
the  Tax  Collector  of  the  City,  who  must  publish 
immediately  a  notice  in  some  newspaper  published  in 
said  City,  specifying: 

1.  That  the  taxes  on  all  personal  property  secured  by 
ical   property   and    one-half   of   the   taxes    on    all    real 
property  will  be  due  and  payable  on  the  first  Monday  in 
October,  and  will  be  delinquent  on  the  last  Monday  in 
November  next  thereafter,  at  five  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  that 
unless  paid  prior  thereto,  fifteen  per  cent  will  be  added 
to  the  amount  thereof;  and  that,  if  said  one-half  be  not 
paid  before  the  last  Monday  in  April  next,  at  five  o'clock 
p.m.,  an  additional  five  per  cent  will  be  added  thereto  ; 
that   the   remaining  one-half   of   the   taxes   on   all   real 
property  will  be  payable  on  and  after  the  first  Monday 
in  January  next,  and  will  be  delinquent  on  the  last  Monday 
in  April  next  thereafter,  at  five  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  that, 
unlesss  paid  prior  thereto,  five  per  cent  will  be  added 
to  the  amount  thereof; 

2.  That  all  taxes  may  be  paid  at  the  time  the  first 
installment,  as  herein  provided,  is  due  and  payable; 

3.  The  times  and  places  at  which  payment  of  taxes 
may  be  made. 

On  receiving  the  assessment  roll,  the  Tax  Collector 
shall  Le  charged  by  the  Assessor  with  the  full  amount  of 
taxes  levied,  chargeable  to  him. 

SEC.  ii.  The  Tax  Collector  must  mark  the  date  of 
payment  of  any  tax  on  the  assessment  roll  opposite  the 
name  of  the  person  paying  the  same,  and  he  must  give  a 
receipt  to  the  person  paying  any  tax,  specifying  the 
amount  of  the  assessment  and  the  tax  paid,  and  the 
amount  remaining  unpaid,  if  any,  with  a  description  of 


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the  property  assessed;  provided,  that  the  receipt  for  the 
last  installment  of  taxes  may  refer,  by  number  or  in  any 
other  intelligible  manner,  to  the  receipt  given  for  the 
first  installment  of  taxes  in  lieu  of  a  description  of  the 
property  assessed. 

SEC.  12.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Tax  Collector  Tax  Collector 
to  receive  and  collect  all  sums  due  the  City  for  taxes    (duties) 
and  licenses  and  from  other  sources,  and  he  shall  pay  all 
moneys   received   into   the  treasury  of  the   City   within 
three   days   after   the   receipt  thereof,   taking   a   receipt 
from  the  Treasurer  for  all  moneys  paid  to  him. 

SEC.  13.     On  the  last  Monday  of  November  of  each   Delinquent 
year,  at  5  o'clock  p.  m.,  all  taxes  then  unpaid,  except    taxes 
the   last   installment   of   the   real   property   taxes,    shall    (Penalty) 
become    delinquent,    and   thereafter   the    Tax    Collector 
must  collect,   for  the  use  of  the  City,   an   addition  of 
fifteen  per  cent  thereon;  provided,  that  if  they  be  not 
paid  before  the  last  Monday  in  April  next  succeeding, 
at  five  o'clock  p.  m.,  he  shall  collect  an  additional  five 
per  cent  thereon  for  the  use  of  the  City. 

On  the  last  Monday  in  April  of  each  year,  at  5 
o'clock  p.  m.,  all  the  unpaid  portion  of  the  remaining 
one-half  of  the  taxes  on  all  the  real  property  shall. become 
delinquent,  and  thereafter  the  Tax  Collector  must  collect, 
for  the  use  of  the  City,  an  addition  of  five  per  cent 
thereon  ;  provided  that  the  entire  tax  on  any  real  property, 
as  above  provided,  may  be  paid  at  the  time  the  first  install- 
ment is  due  and  payable ;  and  provided,  further,  that 
the  taxes  on  all  personal  property,  unsecured  by  real 
property,  shall  be  due  and  payable  immediately  after  the 
assessment  on  said  personal  property  is  made.  The  said 
personal  property  tax  shall  become  delinquent  on  the 
thirtieth  day  of  June  of  each  year,  at  5  o'clock  p.  m. 

SEC.   14.     On  the  3rd  Monday  in  December  and  May   Delinquent 
of  each  year,  the  Tax  Collector  must  make,  for  the  use   Hst 
of  the   City,   a  complete  delinquent  list  of  all  persons 
and  the  property  upon  which  taxes  have  not, been  paid, 
in  which  list  must  be  set  out  in  numerical  or  alphabetical 
order  all  matters  and  things  contained  in  the  assessment 
roll  and  relating  to  delinquent  persons  or  property. 

SEC.  15.     On  or  within  five  days  before  or  after  the   Publication 
first  Monday  in  June  of  each  year,  the  Tax  Collector  °.f  delinquent 
must  publish  the  delinquent  list,,  which  must  contain  the   ! 
names  of  the  persons  and  a  description  of  the  property 
deli  iquent,    and    the    amount    of    taxes    and    costs    due 
opposite    each    name    and    description,    with    the    taxes 
dre    on    personal    property    added    to    taxes    on    real 
estate,  where  the  real  estate  is  liable  therefor,  or  the 


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Copy  of 
publication 
to   be  filed 
with  County 
Recorder 


Additional 
costs 


Tax  sale 


Certificate 
of   sale 


several  taxes  due  from  the  same  persons.  The  Tax 
Collector  must  append  to  and  publish  with  said  delin- 
quent list  a  notice  that  unless  the  taxes  delinquent, 
together  with  the  costs  and  percentage,  are  paid,  the  real 
property  upon  which  such  taxes  are  a  lien,  shall  be  sold 
by  operation  of  law  to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  as  provided 
by  Section  3771  of  the  Political  Code,  of  the  State  of 
California, —  (the  words  "sold  to  the  State"  in  said 
section  of  the  Political  Code  being  changed  to  read,  "sold 
to  the  City.") 

This  publication  must  be  made  once  in  a  newspapei 
of  general  circulation  of  said  City,  and  such  notice  must 
designate  the  time  and  place  of  said  sale  to  the  City. 

SEC.  1 6.  The  Tax  Collector,  as  soon  as  he  has  made 
the  aforesaid  publication,  must  file  with  the  County 
Recorder  of  Santa  Clara  County,  a  copy  of  the  publica- 
tion, with  an  affidavit  attached  thereto,  that  it  is  a  true 
copy  of  the  same,  and  that  the  publication  was  made  in 
a  newspaper,  stating  its  name  and  place  of  publication, 
and  the  date  of  such  appearance,  which  affidavit  is  prima 
facie  evidence  of  all  the  facts  stated  therein. 

SEC.  17.  The  Tax  Collector  must  collect,  in  addition 
to  the  taxes  due  on  the  delinquent  list  and  the  penalties 
and  costs  added  thereto,  an  additional  sum  of  two  dollars 
on  each  lot,  piece  or  tract  of  land  separately  assessed, 
for  the  use  of  the  City. 

SEC.  1 8.  On  the  day  fixed  for  the  sale,  at  the  hour 
of  ten  o'clock  a.  m.,  the  Tax  Collector  shall  sell  to  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto,  by  operation  of  law,  all  property  on 
which  taxes,  penalties  and  costs  remain  unpaid. 

SEC.  19.  The  Tax  Collector  must  make  out,  in  dupli- 
cate, a  certificate  dated  the  day  of  sale  stating  (when 
known)  the  name  of  the  person  assessed  and  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  land  sold,  the  amount  due  thereon,  including 
all  penalties  and  costs,  that  it  was  sold  to  the  City  for 
taxes,  giving  the  amount  and  the  year  of  the  assessment, 
and  specifying  the  time  when  the  City  will  be  entitled  to 
a  deed.  The  certificate  must  be  signed  by  the  Tax 
Collector,  and  one  copy  placed  on  file  with  the  City  Clerk- 
to  be  kept  in  the  archives  of  the  City,  and  the  other  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder. 

The  Tax  Collector  must,  at  this  time,  enter  in  a  book 
a  description  of  the  property  sold  to  the  City  corres- 
ponding with  the  description  in  the  certificate,  the  date 
of  sale  and  amount  paid,  and  regularly  number  the 
descriptions  on  the  margin  of  the  book  and  put  the 
corresponding  number  on  each  certificate.  Said  book 
must  be  open  to  public  inspection  without  fee  during 
office  hours  when  not  in  actual  use. 


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SEC.  20.  On  filing  the  certificate  with  the  County 
Recorder  of  Santa  Clara  County,  the  lien  of  the  City 
becomes  vested  in  the  City,  and  can  only  be  divested  by 
the  payment  to  the  City,  for  its  use,  all  sums  due  the  City 
against  said  property,  as  shown  by  the  certificate  ami 
fifty  per  centum  thereon. 

A  redemption  of  the  property  sold  may  be  made  by 
the  owner  or  any  party  interested  within  five  years  from 
the  date  of  purchase.  Redemption  must  be  marte  in 
lawful  money  of  the  United  States. 

SEC.  21.  Thereafter,  said  property  so  sold  to  the 
City  for  delinquent  taxes  shall  be  assessed  upon  the 
assessment  roll  in  the  name  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  with 
the  name  of  the  party  to  whom  it  was  assessed  at  the 
time  of  said  sale  to  the  City  written  thereunder  ;  and 
before  said  property  is  redeemed,  as  provided  by  section 
20  above,  the  redemptioner  shall  pay,  in  addition  to  all 
sums  hereinbefore  provided,  all  sums  due  for  yearly 
assessments  of  taxes  against  said  property,  and  the  lien 
of  the  City  shall  not  be  divested  until  these  accumulated 
taxes  against  said  property  shall  have  been  paid. 

SEC.  22.  If  the  property  is  not  redeemed,  as  provided 
by  sections  20  and  21,  within  the  time  prescribed  by  law 
for  such  redemption,  the  Tax  Collector  must  make  to 
the  City  or  its  assignee,  a  deed  to  the  property,  reciting 
in  the  deed  substantially  the  matters  contained  in  the 
certificate,  and  that  no  person  has  redeemed  the  property 
during  the  time  allowed  for  its  redemption. 

Before  said  deed  is  made  and  executed,  the  Tax 
Collector  shall  publish  a  notice  once  in  the  official 
newspaper  of  said  City,  describing  the  property  and 
stating  therein  the  time  when  the  right  of  redemption 
will  expire,  and  that  the  City  will  be  entitled  to  a  deed 
to  said  property  at  said  time  unless  the  same  is  sooner 
redeemed. 

An  affidavit  of  said  publication  shall  be  made  and 
filed  with  the  Clerk  and  shall  be  received  in  all  courts 
as  prima  facie  evidence  that  all  things  herein  provided 
have  been  complied  with  and  that  the  title  to  said 
property  has  become  finally  vested  in  the  City. 

SKC.  23.  The  City  Assessor  must,  on  the  first  day 
of  July  in  each  year,  attend  at  the  office  of  the  Tax 
Collector  with  the  personal  property  list,  and  the  Tax 

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Collector  must  then  carefully  compare  the  list  with,  the 
assessments  of  persons  and  property  not  marked  "paid" 
on  the  assessment  roll,  and,  when  the  taxes  have  been 
paid,  must  note  the  fact  in  the  appropriate  column  in 
the  assessment  roll.'  The  City  Assessor  must  then  make 


Filing 
certificate 
J|j£  redemp- 

property 


Property   to 

j^  ^m 
the  cit 


Tax  deed 


Inspection   oi 
delinquent 
list,    per- 
sonal    proi-- 
erty 


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Settlement 
Assessor 


Affidavit 
Assessor 


Errors    in 
collection 
of  taxes 

Double 
assessment 


Land  assessed 
irregularly 
not  to  be 
sold    for 


Misnomer    of 
owner  not 
to    invalidate 
sale 


an  affidavit  to  be  written  and  subscribed  in  the  personal 
property  assessment  list,  that  every  person  and  all 
property  assessed  in  the  delinquent  list,  on  which  taxes 
have  been  paid,  has  been  credited  in  the  list  with  such 
payment. 

The  Tax  Collector  must  then  foot  up  the  amount  of 
taxes  remaining  unpaid  and  credit  the  City  Assessor 
with  the  amount,  and  have  a  final  settlement  with  him, 
and  the  delinquent  list  must  remain  on  file  in  the  Tax 
Collector's  office. 

At  the  time  mentioned  in  this  section,  the  City 
Assessor  must  make  an  affidavit,  endorsed  on  the  list, 
that  the  taxes  not  marked  "paid"  have  not  been  paid, 
and  that  he  has  not  been  able  to  discover  any  property 
belonging  to  or  in  the  possession  of  the  persons  liable  to 
pay  the  same  whereof  to  collect  them. 

SEC.  24.  Any  taxes,  percentage  and  costs,  errone- 
ously collected,  may,  by  order  of  the  City  Council,  be 
refunded  by  the  City. 

SEC.  25.  When  the  Tax  Collector  discovers  that  any 
property  has  been  assessed  more  than  once  for  the  same 
year,  he  must  collect  only  the  tax  justly  due,  and  make 
return  of  the  facts  under  affidavit  to  the  City  Council. 

SEC.  26.  If  the  Tax  Collector  discovers  before  the 
sale  that  on  account  of  irregular  assessment  or  any 
other  error  any  land  ought  not  to  be  sold,  he  must  not 
offer  the  same  for  sale ;  and  the  City  Council  must  cause 
the  City  Assessor  to  enter  the  uncollected  taxes  upon  the 
assessment  roll  of  the  next  succeeding  year,  to  be 
collected  together  with  the  other  taxes  thereon. 

SEC.  27.  When  land  is  sold  for  taxes  correctly 
imposed  as  the  property  of  a  particular  person,  no 
misnomer  of  the  owner,  or  other  mistake  relating  to  the 
ownership  thereof,  shall  affect  the  sale  or  render  it  void 
or  voidable. 


License 
taxes  payable 
in  advance 


ARTICLE  II 
LICENSE  TAXES 

SEC.  i.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm 
or  corporation  in  his  or  its  name,  as  agent,  clerk  or 
solicitor,  or  in  any  other  capacity,  to  commence,  engage 
in  or  carry  on,  or  aid  or  assist  in  carrying  on,  any 
business,  occupation  or  calling  liable  to  a  license  tax  by 
this  article,  without  first  paying  for  and  taking  out  a 
proper  license  therefor  in  the  manner  hereinafter  pro- 


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vided,  which  license  when  procured,  authorizes  the  party 
named  therein,  at  and  in  the  particular  place  stated  in 
such  license,  and  at  no  other,  to  transact  and  carry  on  the 
business,  calling  or  occupation  described  in  such  license. 
A  separate  license  must  be  procured  and  paid  for  each 
branch  establishment  or  separate  house  of  business 
located  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  2.  The  amount  of  any  license  tax,  viz. :  from  Amount 
the  date  of  the  commencement  of  any  business,  occupation 
or  calling,  imposed  under  or  by  virtue  of  any  section  or 
provision  of  this  article,  shall  be  deemed  a  debt  owing 
to  the  said  City  of  Palo  Alto  at  the  time  of  the  commence- 
ment of  any  such  business,  occupation  or  calling 
requiring  such  license  tax  and  payment  thereof,  for  the 
collection  of  which  an  action  may  be  maintained  as  in 
this  article  provided ;  and  on  the  first  day  of  each  quarter 
thereafter,  should  such  business,  occupation  or  calling 
be  continued,  the  further  sum  and  amount  of  and  for 
one  quarter  year,  or  three  months  in  advance,  shall  also 
become  and  be  a  debt  due  and  owing  said  City  of  Palo 
Alto,  the  collection  of  which  may  be  enforced  as  herein 
mentioned  ana  provided. 

SEC.  3.  The  Council  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  Recovery 
direct  suit  in  behalf  and  in  the  name  of  the  City  of  Palo  by  suit 
Alto,  as  plaintiff,  to  be  brought  for  the  recovery  of  such 
license  tax  against  any  person,  firm  or  corporation, 
required  by  this  article  to  take  out  a  license,  who  fails, 
neglects  or  refuses  to  take  out  such  license,  or  who 
carries  on  or  attempts  to  carry  on,  any  business,  occupa- 
tion or  calling  in  any  form  or  manner  whatever,  without 
such  license,  and  in  such  case  the  Clerk  of  said  city  may 
make  the  necessary  affidavit  for  and  a  writ  of  attachment 
may  issue  without  any  bond  being  given  in  behalf  of  the 
plaintiff. 

SEC.  4.  Every  person  who  shall  commence,  engage  Penalty 
in  or  carry  on  any  business,  trade,  profession  or  calling, 
whether  as  principal,  agent,  clerk,  solicitor  or  otherwise, 
for  the  transaction  or  carrying  on  of  which  a  license  is 
required  under  or  by  virtue  of  any  section  or  provision  of 
this  article,  without  first  taking  out  and  procuring  the 
license  prescribed  by  such  section  or  provision,  or  who 
shall  otherwise  violate  any  provision  of  this  article, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  three  hundred  dollars  or  by  imprisonment 
for  a  period  not  exceeding  three  months,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  5.     The  City  Clerk  shall  make  out  and  deliver 


6o 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 


to  collect 


Term 


Tax  Collector  to  the  Tax  Collector  an  assessment  roll  of  all  licenses 
for  collection  and  enforcement.  Said  roll  shall  contain 
the  names  of  all  persons,  firms  or  corporations  subject 
to  licenses  herein  provided,  together  with  amounts 
thereof.  The  Tax  Collector  or  his  deputy  shall  collect, 
for  the  use  of  the  City  all  sums  due  for  licenses.  Any 
errors  or  omissions  in  the  assessment  roll  shall  not  invali- 
date sums  due  for  licenses. 

SEC.  6.  Licenses  may  be  issued  for  the  term  of  three, 
six  or  twelve  months,  and  for  such  other  terms  as  may 
be  required  by  this  article.  All  licenses  issued  for  three, 
six  or  twelve  months  must  commence  at  the  beginning 
of  a  quarter,  to  wit:  — 

On  the  first  day  of  July,  October,  January  and  April  ; 
provided  that  when  any  business,  occupation  or  calling 
requiring  a  license  shall  have  been  commenced  after  the 
commencement  of  the  year,  half  year,  or  quarter  year, 
then,  in  that  case,  the  Tax  Collector  shall  issue  a  license 
for  only  one  quarter,  and  upon  payment  to  the  Tax 
Collector  of  the  license  for  the  second  quarter  thereafter, 
the  person  paying  such  license  for  said  business  shall 
receive  a  credit  thereon  for  the  pro  rata  sum  required  for 
such  license  for  said  unexpired  term  for  which  the  first 
quarter  payment  was  made;  provided,  further,  that  no 
license  shall  be  issued  to  extend  beyond  the  fiscal  year 
for  which  said  license  is  issued. 

SEd  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Tax  Collector 
to  have  printed  license  blanks  for  the  City  in  substan- 
tially the  following  form  :  — 


Form   of 
license 

blanks 


State  of  California 
County  of  Santa  Clara 
City  of  Palo  Alto 


No 


; 

)   Palo  Alto,  Cal  ............................  19  ..... 


......................................................  is  hereby  entitled  to  transact  the 

business  of  .......................................  on  .......................................  street  for  the 

term  of  ..........................  months,  from  ........................  19  ......  to  ........................ 

19  ......  having  paid  the  sum  of  ..............................  ($         )   Dollars 

License    expires  ................................................  19  ......... 

IX  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  the  Corporate  Seal  of  said  City. 


Tax   Collector 


Deputy   Tax    Collector 


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The  license  blanks  shall  he  hound  in  hooks  of  suit-   License 
ahle   size  and  shall  have  a   stub  corresponding  thereto,   stub 
which  shall  remain  in  the  book  after  issuance.     On  this 
stub  shall  he  noted  the  number  of  the  license,  the  date 
thereof,   to   whom   issued,   for   what,   the   time   when   it 
expires  and  the  amount  paid. 

The  Tax  Collector  shall,  at  the  time  of  delivering  Transient 
the  license,  see  that  the  stub  is  properly  filled  out.  The 
Tax  Collector  shall  have  the  power  to  issue  licenses 
to  persons,  firms  or  corporations  not  having  an  estab- 
lished or  fixed  place  of  business  within  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto.  Such  licenses  shall  be  stamped  "Transient."  The 
Tax  Collector  shall  keep  just  and  true  accounts  of  all 
licenses  issued,  to  whom,  and  the  sums  of  money 
received  therefor. 

SEC.  8.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  having  Exhibition 
obtained  a  license  under  the  provisions  of  this  article  of  license 
shall  keep  the  same  exhibited  in  some  conspicuous  part 
of  the  place  of  business  for  which  the  same  was  procured ; 
provided,  that  a  peddler  or  other  person  who  has  no  fixed 
place  of  business  in  said  City  shall  carry  his  license  and 
must  exhibit  the  same  when  so  requested.  And  all 
vehicles  and  wagons  used  for  peddling  shall  have  a 
number  displayed  thereon,  which  number  must  also  be 
written  at  the  time  of  issuance  by  the  Tax  Collector  on 
the  face  of  the  license  given. 

No    license    granted    or    issued    under    any    of    the   Not 
provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  in  any  manner  assign-  transferable 
able  or  transferable,  nor  shall  it  authorize  any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  other  than  the  one  therein  mentioned 
to  do  business.    Any  person  violating  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,   shall   be   punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
twenty-five     dollars     nor     more     than     three     hundred 
dollars  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
three  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  9.     Words   used  in  this  article  in  the  present  Words    in- 
tense include  the   future  tense  as   well  as  the  present ;   elude  what 
words  used  in  the  masculine  gender  include  the  feminine 
and   neuter;   the   singular   includes   the   plural   and   the 
plural,  the  singular ;  the  word  "person"  includes  a  part- 
nership and  a  corporation  as  well  as  a  natural  person. 

SEC.   10.     License  must  be  procured  as  aforesaid  for  Rates  of 
the  business,  occupation  or  calling  hereinafter  mentioned  licenses  on 
for  which   license   payment  must  be  made  to  the  Tax    fixed 
Collector  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  or  to  his  duly  author-  b«siness 
ized   deputy,   in   the    following   amounts,   and   the   Tax 
Collector  must  require  payment  therefor  as  follows,  to 
wit: — • 


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ORDINANCES    OF   THE    CITY    OF    PALO    ALTO 


Definition 
of  peddler 


Amount  of 

peddler's 

license 


Peddler  Sue.  A.     Every  person  who  conducts  the  business  of 

peddling,  or  who  from  place  to  place  offers  to  or  does  sell, 
barter  or  exchange  anything  then  in  his  possession  in 
said  City  of  Palo  Alto  (excepting  newspapers,  periodi- 
cals and  publications  and  excepting  those  who  sell  only  to 
merchants  and  traders  for  resale),  shall  pay  a  license  tax 
per  quarter  year  of  $30.00. 

SUB.  B.  Every  person  who,  not  having  within  said 
City  a  fixed  place  of  business,  regularly  kept  open,  with 
some  one  in  charge  thereof  for  the  transaction  of  the 
particular  business  engaged  in  during  the  hours  custom- 
ary for  the  transaction  of  such  business,  travels  from 
place  to  place  and  offers  to  or  does  sell,  barter  or  ex- 
change anything  then  in  his  possession  in  said  City  of 
Palo  Alto  (excepting  the  persons  and  articles  in  this  sub- 
division excepted)  shall  be  deemed  a  peddler  within  the 
meaning  of  this  article.  P>ut  this  section  shall  not  apply 
to  persons  offering  for  sale  only  fruit,  vegetables  or 
other  produce  raised  by  themselves. 

SUB.  C.  ( i )  Every  person  who  conducts  a  business  of 
peddling  as  defined  in  subdivision  B  (and  not  being  within 
any  of  the  exceptions  of  said  subdivision)  and  maintain- 
ing a  wagon  or  wagons,  vehicle  or  vehicles  for  this 
purpose,  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of  $30.00  per  quarter  year 
for  the  first  wagon  or  vehicle  so  maintained  for  peddling 
and  $15.00  per  quarter  year  for  each  additional  wagon  or 
vehicle  so  maintained  for  peddling  within  said  City  of 
Palo  Alto. 

SUB.  C.  (2)  Any  person  maintaining  a  regular  ped- 
dling route  and  engaged  solely  in  the  business  of  peddling 
food  products  (and  not  being  within  any  of  the  except- 
ions of  subdivision  B  above)  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of 
$10.00  per  quarter. 

No  peddler's  license  shall  be  issued  for  less  than  a 
quarter  year. 

SUB.  D.  Every  solicitor  or  order  agent  who  shall 
solicit  or  take  orders  for  sale,  barter,  exchange  or  de- 
livery of  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  not  then  in 
his  actual  possession  as  a  peddler,  (excepting  newspapers, 
periodicals  and  publications  and  excepting  those  who  sell 
only  to  merchants  and  traders  for  re-sale,  and  excepting 
those  who  have  a  fixed  place  of  business  in  said  City), 
shall  pay  a  license  tax  of  $30.00  per  quarter  year.  No 
license  shall  issue  for  less  than  a  quarter  year. 

Delivery  SUB.  E.     Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  (outside 

of  goods          of  those  conducting  regular  places  of  business  in  said 

City)   selling  or  delivering  different  articles  of  apparel, 

c'ry   ^o-  ds,    fancy   goods,   notions,   groceries,   hardware, 


Food 
oroclucts 


Solicitors 
and   agents 


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tin \\are  or  merchandise  of  any  class  or  character,  to 
persons  not  regularly  engaged  in  or  carrying  on  such 
lines  of  business,  whether  by  sample  or  otherwise,  shall 
pay  a  license  tax  of  $30.00  per  quarter.  No  license  shall 
issue  for  less  than  a  quarter  year. 

SUB.  F.     Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged  Auction 
in   keeping  or  conducting  any  auction   store,   bankrupt  stores 
store  or  place  of  business  advertised  to  dispose  of  goods, 
wares,   or   merchandise   for   less   than   original   cost,   or 
selling  bankrupt  stock,  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of  $200  per 
quarter.     No  license  shall  be  issued  for  less  than  one 
quarter  year. 

SUB.  G.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation,  agent  or  Laundry 
solicitor  who  maintains  a  laundry  route,  either  for  r°utes 
himself  or  for  others,  or  who  shall  solicit  or  take  orders 
for  the  washing,  cleaning,  dyeing  or  cleansing  of  articles 
for  hire,  or  who  shall  accept  or  receive  articles  to  be 
washed  or  dyed  or  cleaned  for  hire,  or  who  conducts 
or  carries  on  a  laundry  business  as  an  agent,  solicitor, 
representative  or  employee,  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of 
$10.00  per  quarter,  unless  the  master  or  principal  has  paid 
said  license  tax ;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  carry  on  or 
solicit  for  such  laundry  business  until  such  tax  has  been 
paid.  Provided,  however,  that  nothing  herein  contained 
shall  apply  to  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  having  a 
regular  established  laundry  business,  maintained  and 
operated  in  said  City,  which  has  been  inspected  from  time 
to  time  by  the  health  officer  under  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations of  the  Board  of  Public  Safety,  and  which  has 
received  a  permit  from  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  to 
carry  on  and  conduct  such  business.  No  license  shall  be 
issued  for  less  than  a  quarter  year. 

SUB.   H.     Every  person  who  collects,  purchases  or  Junk 
barters  for  old  junk  and  second-hand  articles  shall  pay  a  dealers 
license  tax  of  $2.00  per  quarter  year. 

SUB.  I.     Each  person  engaged  in  any  of  the  following  Miscell- 
businesses,  occupations  or  callings  shall  pay  a  license  tax  aneous 

as   follows:  occupations 

Each  sewing  machine  agent,  $5.00  per  quarter  year. 

Each  agent  for  pianos  or  organs,  $10.00  per  quarter 
year. 

Each  book  agent,  $5.00  per  quarter  year. 

Each  person  selling  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  on 
the  street,  $5.00  per  quarter  year. 

Each  bill  poster,  $2.50  per  quarter  year. 

Each  person  organizing  or  endeavoring  to  organize 
a  watch  club,  suit  club,  jeweler's  club  or  similar  scheme, 
$10.00  per  quarter  year. 


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ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    I'AU)    A I  /IT) 


Billiard 
and  pool 
tables 


Nine-pin 
and  bowling 
alleys 

Menagerie, 
circus,   etc. 


Trick   rope 
performer 


Shooting 
gallery 

Merry-go- 
round 


Fortune 
teller 


Exhibition 

or 

performance 


Each  street  musician,  $1.00  per  quarter  year. 

Each  patent  medicine  vendor,  $50.00  per  day. 

Each  auctioneer  making  a  sale  in  said  City,  $5.00  per 
day. 

Sale  of  tobacco  in  any  form,  $1.00  per  quarter  year. 

SUB.  J.  Every  proprietor  or  keeper  of  a  billiard, 
bagatelle  or  pool  table  contained  in  a  public  or  billiard 
hall  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of  $2.00  per  quarter  year  for 
each  table. 

SUB.  K.  The  proprietor,  manager  or  lessee  of  each 
nine-  or  ten-pin  alley,  bowling  or  box  alley  shall  pay  a 
license  tax  of  $2.50  per  quarter  year  for  each  alley. 

SUB.  L.  The  proprietor  or  manager  of  each  men- 
agerie, circus  or  collection  of  animals  shall  pay  a  license 
tax  of  $50.00  per  day  and  $3.00  additional  for  each  side 
show  or  exhibition  for  which  an  entrance  fee  is  charged, 
except  that  a  license  tax  of  $5.00  for  each  performance 
shall  be  collected  for  each  show  of  trick  horses,  cats, 
monkeys  or  other  domestic  animals  only. 

SUB.  M.  The  proprietor  or  manager  of  any  tight 
rope  or  wire  rope  performance,  panorama,  show  of  figures 
or  sleight  of  hand,  exhibited  for  gain  or  reward,  shall 
pay  a  license  tax  of  $3.00  for  each  performance. 

SUB.  N.  The  proprietor  or  manager  of  each  shooting 
gallery  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of  $3.00  per  quarter  year. 

SUB.  O.  The  proprietor,  manager  or  lessee  of  flying 
horses,  so-called,  or  merry-go-round  shall  pay  a  license  tax 
for  each  ring  or  set  of  $5.00  for  each  day  or  portion  of  a 
clay  in  which  they  are  run ;  or  if  a  license  is  granted  for  a 
month,  a  license  tax  of  $25.00  shall  be  paid  in  advance  by 
such  owner,  manager  or  lessee. 

SUB.  P.  Every  astrologer,  fortune  teller,  medium, 
clairvoyant,  or  mind  reader,  doing  business  in  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto,  whether  in  connection  with  other  exhibitions  or 
performances  for  which  a  license  has  been  paid  or 
separately,  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of  $10.00  per  quarter 
year. 

SUB.  Q.  For  each  exhibition  or  performance  for 
which  an  admission  fee  is  charged,  for  any  theatrical 
performance,  or  any  performance  given  by  minstrel,  or 
opera  or  concert  singers,  for  any  acrobatic  performance 
or  show  or  exhibition  of  animal  or  animals,  figures,  jugg- 
lers, necromancers,  magicians,  wire  or  rope  dancing, 
sleight  of  hand  exhibitions,  or  any  other  performance  or 
entertainment  for  which  an  admission  fee  is  charged,  a 
license  tax  of  $2.00  shall  be  paid  by  the  owner,  manager 
or  lessee  thereof ;  provided,  that  this  subdivision  shall  not 
be  construed  to  require  any  license  to  be  paid  for  any 


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church    or    school    socials    or    entertainments    given    for 
benevolent  purposes. 

Si'B.  R.     The  proprietor,  manager  or  lessee  of  a  skat-  Skatin- 
ing  rink  so-called,  including  all  exhibitions  or  perform-  rinl< 
ances  in  connection  therewith,  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of 
$10.00  per  quarter  year. 

SUB.  S.     The    proprietor,    manager    or   lessee    of    a  Theatre 
theatre  or  moving  picture  show  having  a  fixed  place  of  c 
business  and  giving  exhibitions  or  performances  for  which  plc 
an  admission  fee  is  charged,  shall  pay  a  license  tax  of 
$10.00  per  quarter  year. 

SKC.  ii.  When  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  fails  Penalty 
to  pay  a  license  tax  herein  provided  for  during  the 
quarter  for  which  the  same  is  due,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Tax  Collector  to  publish  a  notice  that  said  license 
tax  is  delinquent,  by  one  insertion  in  the  official  news- 
paper, and  that  a  penalty  of  25  per  cent  shall  be  added  to 
the  amount  thereof  unless  the  said  license  tax  is  paid  to 
the  City  within  ten  days  after  such  publication,  together 
with  the  cost  of  the  publication. 


PART  III 

POLICE  REGULATIONS 


Imprison- 
ment  in 
County 
Jail 


ARTICLE  I 

VIOLATION  OF  ORDINANCES  AND  IMPRISON- 
MENT 

SEC.  i.  Any  person  violating  any  ordinance,  or  part 
of  any  ordinance,  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  by  fine  or  imprisonment,  or  by  both  fine 
and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  sentenced  to  imprisonment  for 
the  violation  of  an  ordinance  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 
may  be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  of  Santa  Clara 
County  and  the  expense  of  such  imprisonment  shall  be  a 
charge  in  favor  of  said  County  of  Santa  Clara,  and  against 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 


Disturbing 
assemblages 


Prohibition 

of 

Vulgar 

language 

Noise 

Offensive 

conduct 

Fighting 

Indecent 

exposure 

Using 

weapons 


ARTICLE  II 
PUBLIC  PEACE  AND  ORDER 

SEC.  i.  No  person  shall  wilfully  disturb  any  lawful 
assemblage  or  procession  of  persons  by  noise,  profanity, 
or  by  rude,  obnoxious  or  indecent  conduct,  or  in  any 
other  manner  whatsoever. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  upon  any  street  or  in 
any  public  place : 

(a)  To  use  vulgar,  profane  or  indecent  language; 

(b)  To  make  any  loud  or  unusual  noise ; 

(c)  To  be  guilty  of  tumultuous  or  offensive  conduct; 

(d)  To   fight,   quarrel  or  challenge  to  fight; 

(e)  To  make  any  indecent  exposure  of  the  person; 

(f)  To  draw  or  exhibit  any  deadly  or  other  weapon 
in   a   rude,   angry   or   threatening   manner,   and   not   in 


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necessary  self  defense,  or  in  any  manner  to  use  the  same 
unlawfully  in  any  fight  or  quarrel ; 

(g)   For  any  person  not  a  public  officer  to  wear  or   Concealed 
carry   concealed    any   pistol,    dirk,    or   other   dangerous    weapons 
weapon ; 

(h)   To  make  use  of,  or  have  in  his  possession  any    Knuckles 
slung  shot,  or  metal  knuckles,  or  any  other  instrument 
of  a  similar  character. 

SKC.  3.     It  shall  be  unlawful :  Begging 

(a)  To  beg  or  solicit  alms  from  house  to  house  or   (a)  from 
upon  any  street  or  sidewalk,  or  in  any  other  public  place ;   house  to 

(b)  To  camp,  lodge  or  tarry  over  night  in  any  vacant   house 

lot  or  in  any  place  where  hay  or  straw  is  stored,  or  in  Camping   in 

any   building   unless   the   permission    of   the   owner   or  vacant  lots 
occupant  of  the  premises  first  be  obtained ; 

(c)  For   any   person   not   having   visible   means   of  Loitering 
support  to   wander  about  the   streets   or  loiter   around  ( 
street  corners  or  public  parks  or  public  streets  or  other 

places  in  said  City. 

SEC.  4.     No  person  shall  be  upon  any  public  high-   Drunkenness 
way,  or  in  any  public  place,  in  a  state  of  drunkenness 
or  be  on  any  private  premises  or  in  any  private  house 
in  a  state  of  drunkenness  to  the  annoyance  of  any  other 
person. 

SEC.  5.  Every  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  Penalty 
provisions  of  this  article  srjall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  III 
GUNS    AND    EXPLOSIVES 

SKC.  i.  It  shall  be  and  is  hereby  made  unlawful'  Discharging 
for  any  person  or  persons,  \vithri  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  to  discharge  any  cannon,  anvil 
or  firearm  of  any  kind  or  description,  fire-cracker,  bomb 
nr  fireworks  of  any  Hnd,  character  or  description,  with- 
out a  permit,  in  writing,  granted  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  upon  written  application ;  to  discharge  any  pistol, 
firearm,  air  gun,  musket  gun,  or  any  instrument  of  any 
kind,  character  or  description,  which  throws  or  projects 
bullets  or  missiles  of  any  kind,  to  any  distance,  by  means 
of  the  elastic  force  of  air,  or  any  explosive  substance :  to 


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ORDINANCES  OF   THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Shooting 
jrallery 


Penalty 


make,  use,  or  have  in  his  possession,  any  slingshot,  or 
other  instrument  or  device  by  which  missiles  of  any  kind 
or  description  are  hurled  or  projected,  or  in  any  manner 
use  the  same  to  the  danger  or  annoyance  of  any  person 
or  injury  to  property. 

Si-:c.  2.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall  be  construed 
so  as  to  prohibit  any  person  from  shooting  in  any 
licensed  shooting-gallery. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this 
article  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  shall  be 
punishable  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars ;  and, 
if  default  be  made  in  the  payment  of  such  fine  imposed, 
or  any  part  thereof,  then  he  may  be  imprisoned  one  day 
f  r  each  two  dollars  of  such  fine  remaining  unpaid. 


Unlawful 
places 


Unlawful  to 
sell,  deliver 
or  solicit 


Clttb    rooms 


Medicinal, 
etc. 


ARTICLE  IV 
ALCOHOLIC  LIQUORS 

SEC.  i.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  an^  person  or 
persons,  firm,  corporation,  club  or  association  or  member 
of  such  club  or  association  to  establish,  carry  on,  keep 
or  maintain  a  place  where  spirituous,  vinous,  malt,  or 
intoxicating  liquors  or  any  admixture  thereof  or  any 
alcoholic  drinks  whatsoever  are  sold,  kept  for  sale, 
offered  for  sale,  furnished,  distributed,  divided,  delivered 
or  given  away. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  either 
as  owner,  employer,  agent,  servant,  clerk  or  employee,  to 
sell  or  deliver  any  of  the  liquors  herein  mentioned,  or  to 
solicit  the  sale  of  or  take  orders  for  the  same  within  the 
limits  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  directly 
or  indirectly,  to  keep  or  maintain,  by  himself  or  b^ 
associating  or  combining  with  others,  or  in  any  manner 
to  aid,  assist  or  abet  in  keeping  or  maintaining  any  club 
room  or  other  place  within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  in 
which  any  intoxicating  liquors  are  kept  for  the  purpose 
of  gift,  barter  or  sale,  or  for  distribution  among  members 
of  any  club  or  association. 

SEC.  4.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall  be  held  or 
construed  to  prohibit  the  sale  or  use  of  alcoholic  liquor 
for  medicinal  purposes  by  a  regularly  licensed  druggist 
upon  the  prescription  of  a  physician  entitled  to  practice 
iredicine  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  California ; 
provided,  however,  said  prescription  shall  not  be  refilled. 


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Xor  shall  anything  in  this  article  be  held  or  construed 
t<>  prohibit  the  sale  or  use  of  alcoholic  liquor  for  indus- 
trial, sacrament'd  or  scientific  purposes. 

SEC.  5.  Any  violation  of  the  foregoing  provisions  Penalty 
in  this  article  shall  constitute  a  misdemeanor,  punishable 
upon  conviction  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  three  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  jail  for  a  period 
of  not  more  than  three  months,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  V 
GAMBLING 

SEC.  i.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  Gambling 
persons  to  deal,  play,  carry  on,  open,  conduct,  or  cause  unlawful 
to  be  opened  or  conducted,  as  owner  or  employe,  whether 
for  hire  or  not,  or  to  play  at  or  bet  at  or  against  any 
game  of  billiards  or  pool,  or  any  other  game  played  with 
billiard  balls,  or  any  game  played  with  dice,  cards,  or 
other  device,  for  money,  chips,  checks,  credits,  drinks, 
or  other  representative  of  value.  It  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person  to  act  as  lookout,  door-keeper,  or  game- 
keeper for  any  such  game  played  for  money,  checks, 
chips,  credits,  drinks,  or  any  representative  of  value. 
Any  building,  room,  lot,  or  other  place,  used  or  occupied 
for  the  purpose  of  gambling  or  playing  or  carrying  on 
any  of  the  games  herein  prohibited  for  money,  checks, 
credits,  drinks,  or  other  representative  of  value,  shall  be 
deemed  a  disorderly  house;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  to  resort  to,  visit,  enter,  or  be  in  any  room 
or  place  where  any  such  game  is  being  played. 

SKC.  2.     All   places   to   which  the  public   resort   for  Games  of 
the  lawful  playing  of  the  games  in  this  article  mentioned  Amusement; 

in,  11-  •  1          11  r*    •  1    now  conauct- 

sliall  be  conducted  in  a  quiet  and  orderly  manner.  Said  ed 
gaires  shall  be  carried  on  in  a  single  room  in  plain  view 
of  all  persons  and  shall  have  an  entrance  or  exit  opening 
upon  the  public  street,  and  if  any  beverages  permissible 
by  law  are  sold  or  consumed  in  such  place,  they  must  be 
sold  and  consumed  in  plain  view  of  all  persons,  unob- 
structed by  screens,  blinds,  stained  windows,  or  other 
device.  The  owner  or  person  in  charge  of  said  place 
shall  not  allow  or  permit  any  obscene  or  indecent 
language,  or  obscene  or  impure  decorations,  inscriptions, 
placards,  pictures,  or  any  such  thing  in  such  place.  Such 
place  shall  not  be  open,  nor  shall  games  be  played  therein 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF   PALO  ALTO 


Minors 
forbidden  to 
play 


or   loiter 
around 


or  be 
employed 


Duties  of 
owners, 
agents    or 
managers 


License 
revoked 


Enforcement 


Witnesses 


earlier  than  five  a.m.  nor  later  than  eleven  p.m.  of  any 
day. 

SEC.  3.  No  minor  person  under  the  age  of  18  years 
shall  patronize  or  play  any  game  of  billiards  or  pool  or 
bowl  in  any  public  hall  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  without 
the  written  consent  of  parent  or  guardian  of  said  minor 
so  to  do. 

SEC.  4.  No  minor  person  under  the  age  of  18  years 
shall  loiter  around  or  in,  or  frequent  or  remain  in,  any 
billiard  hall  or  bowling  alley  in  said  City  where  the 
public  play  games  for  amusement,  without  the  written 
consent  of  parent  or  guardian  of  said  minor  so  to  do. 

SEC.  5.  No  minor  person  under  the  age  of  18  years 
shall  be  employed  by  the  owners,  or  manager  or  agent  of 
any  billiard  hall  or  bowling  alley  in  said  City,  to  work  in 
said  billiard  hall  or  bowling  alley,  without  the  written 
consent  of  parent  or  guardian  of  said  minor  so  to  do. 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  owner,  manager 
or  agent  or  person  having  possession  or  charge  or 
control  of  any  billiard  hall  or  bowling  alley  in  said 
City,  to  permit  any  minor  under  the  age  of  18  years  to 
play  any  garre  of  billiards  or  pool  or  bowl  therein,  or 
permit  any  such  minor  to  remain  or  loiter  around  or  in, 
or  to  employ  any  minor  to  work  in  said  billiard  hall  or 
bowling  alley  without  the  written  consent  of  the  parent 
or  guardian  of  said  minor  so  to  do. 

SEC.  7.  In  addition  to  the  penalties  hereinafter 
provided,  the  license  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  may  be  revoked 
1  y  order  of  the  Council,  and  thereafter  said  person,  firm 
or  corporation  shall  not  be  entitled  to  a  license  without 
the  consent  of  the  Council. 

SEC.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  officers 
to  enforce  this  article,  and  to  seize  and  safely  keep  all 
chips,  checks,  cards,  boxes,  tables,  boards,  dice,  balls, 
cues,  and  all  other  articles  and  devices  used  in  or 
pertaining  to  the  gaires  herein  prohibited,  and  to  produce 
the  same  in  court  as  evidence,  and  the  same  shall  be 
retained  until  the  final  disposition  of  any  case  prosecuted 
under  this  article  in  which  said  articles  may  be  used  in 
evidence,  and  the  same  shall  not  be  released  except  on 
order  of  the  Court,  after  trial  or  disposition  of  any 
case  in  which  the  same  may  be  used  in  evidence ;  the 
same  may  then  be  returned  to  the  owner  thereof  on 
order  of  the  Court. 

SEC.  9.  No  person  being  duly  subpoenaed  as  a 
witness  by  and  giving  testimony  for  or  on  behalf  of  the 
prosecution  in  any  proceeding  under  this  article,  shall 


POLICE    REGULATIONS  Jl 

1  e  afterwards  prosecuted  for  any  offense  concerning 
which  he  testified,  or  any  other  offense  under  this 
aiticle  committed  by  him  prior  to  the  giving  of  such 
testimony. 

SEC.  10.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  Penalty 
this  article  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on 
conviction  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  for  not  less 
than  two  days  nor  more*  than  ninety  days,  or  by  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  three  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  VI 
NICKEL    IN    SLOT 

SEC.  i.  The  maintenance  or  use,  within  the  corpor-  Use  of  slot 
ate  limits  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  of  all  machines  or  machines 
apparatus  of  any  kind  or  description  is  hereby  prohibited,  l 
in  which,  on  deposit  of  a  five-cent  piece,  or  any  other 
piece  of  money  or  article  representing  money,  within, 
or  in  connection  with  said  machine  or  apparatus,  certain 
cards  or  combinations  of  cards  are  exposed,  or  certain 
tickets,  checks,  numbers,  names,  or  marks  or  combina- 
tions thereof,  are  exposed  or  ejected  from  said  machine 
or  apparatus,  whereby  the  player  or  person  operating 
the  machine  or  apparatus,  or  any  other  person,  is 
entitled  to  receive  money  or  any  other  service  or  con- 
sideration, upon  the  chance  of  the  said  machine  or 
apparatus  exposing  or  ejecting  certain  cards,  figures, 
tickets,  checks,  numbers,  names,  marks  or  combinations 
thereof. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  or  in  connection 
corporation   within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  with  any 
Palo  Alto  to  maintain  or  use  in  a  place  of  business  or  in  business 
connection  therewith   any  nickel-in-the-slot  machine,   or 
similar   machine   as   described   in   section    I    hereof,   or 
dice,  or  allow  or  permit  any  person  to  play  or  operate 
any  such  machine  or  throw  dice  in  any  manner  or  form, 
in  any  place  of  business  conducted  by  or  under  the  charge 
or  control  of  said  person,  firm  or  corporation,  when  said 
dice  is  used  in  connection  with  said  business. 

SEC.  3.     The    license    granted   to    any   person,    firm   License 
or  corporation  to  conduct  business  may  be  revoked  by  the   revoked 
Council    if    any    nickel-in-the-slot    machine    or    similar 
machine  or  device  or  dice  is  used  in  connection  with  said 
business  in  any  manner. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Possession  of 
slot   machine, 
dice,    etc., 
for   chance 
unlawful 


Penalty 


SEC.  4.  Every  person  who  has  in  his  possession  or 
under  his  control,  either  as  owner,  lessee,  agent,  em- 
ployee, mortgagee,  or  otherwise,  or  who  permits  to  be 
placed,  maintained  or  kept,  in  any  room,  space,  enclosure 
or  building  owned,  leased  or  occupied  by  him,  or  under 
his  management  or  control,  any  slot  or  card  machine, 
contrivance,  appliance  or  mechanical  device,  upon  the 
result  of  action  of  which  money  or  other  valuable  thing 
is  staked  or  hazarded,  and  which  is  operated,  or  played, 
by  placing  or  depositing  therein  any  coins,  checks,  slugs, 
balls,  or  other  articles  or  device,  or  in  any  other  manner 
and  by  means  whereof,  or  as  a  result  of  the  operation  of 
which  any  merchandise,  money,  representative  of  articles 
of  value,  checks,  or  tokens  redeemable  in  or  exchangeable 
for  money  or  any  other  thing  of  value,  is  won  or  lost, 
or  taken  from  or  obtained  from  such  machine,  when  the 
result  of  action  or  operation  of  such  machine,  contrivance, 
appliance  or  mechanical  device  is  dependent  upon  hazard 
or  chance  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

SEC.  5.  Every  person  who  has  in  his  possession 
or  under  his  control,  either  as  owner,  lessee,  agent, 
employee,  mortgagee,  or  otherwise  or  who  permits  to 
be  placed,  maintained  or  kept,  in  any  room,  space, 
enclosure,  or  building,  owned,  leased  or  occupied  by  him, 
or  under  his  management  or  control,  any  card  dice,  or 
any  dice,  upon  the  result  of  action  of  which  any  money 
or  other  valuable  thing  is  staked  or  hazarded,  or  as  a 
result  of  the  operation  of  which  any  merchandise,  money, 
representative  of  article  of  value,  check  or  token,  redeem- 
able in  or  exchangeable  for  money  or  any  other  thing  of 
value,  is  won  or  lost  or  taken,  when  the  result  of  action 
or  operation  of  such  dice  is  dependent  upon  hazard  or 
chance,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this 
article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  for 
not  less  than  two  days  nor  more  than  ninety  days,  or  by 
a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  three 
hundred  dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


Public 

pound 


ARTICLE  YTT 
ANIMALS   RUNNING    AT   LARGE 

SKC.   I.     A   public    pound   is    hereby   authorize;!    and 
established,  which  pound  shall  be  located  at  a  place  to 


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73 


1  e  designated  from  time  to  time  by  the  Hoard  of  Public 
Safety. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  to  take  up,  seize  and  impound  all  horses,  mules, 
asses,  goats,  cows,  bulls,  calves,  sheep,  swine,  untagged 
dogs,  other  domestic  animals  or  fowls,  or  any  of  such 
animals  or  fowls,  found  running  at  large  or  estrayed,  or 
herded  in  charge  of  any  person,  or  staked,  or  in  any 
iranner  grazing  or  being  grazed  or  fed,  upon  any  public 
street,  way,  sidewalk,  square,  park  or  place  in  said  City, 
or  any  of  said  animals  which  is  upon  or  being  led  or 
driven  upon  any  sidewalk  in  said  .City. 

SEC.  3.  Any  animal  or  fowl  found  trespassing  upon 
any  private  property  in  said  City  may  be  taken  up  by  any 
person  and  committed  to  the  custody  of  the  Board  of 
Public  Safety,  who  shall  hold  the  same  subject  to 
reasonable  demands  for  actual  damage  done  by  said 
animal  or  fowl  in  addition  to  the  fees  prescribed  herein  ; 
and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  or  keeper,  after 
receiving  written  notice  that  an  animal  or  fowl  is  tres- 
passing upon  any  private  property,  to  allow  or  permit 
said  animal  or  fowl  to  continue  to  trespass. 

SEC.  4.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  shall  keep  a 
true  and  faithful  record  of  the  number  and  description  of 
all  animals  taken  into  its  custody,  with  the  date  of  their 
receipt  and  the  date  and  manner  of  their  disposal,  with 
the  fees  and  charges  collected  on  account  of  said  animals 
and  the  disposition  thereof.  Said  record  shall  be  kept 
by  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  in  a  book  or  books  pro- 
vided for  that  purpose,  which  shall  be  the  record  book 
or  books  of  said  Board  for  this  purpose  and  shall  not 
be  removed  therefrom.  Said  Board  shall  also  keep 
conspicuously  posted  at  the  entrance  of  the  pound  a  list 
of  all  animals  therein  detained.  Said  Board  shall  also 
provide  necessary  subsistence  for  all  animals  while  in 
its  custody. 

SEC.  5.  All  animals,  except  dogs,  taken  into  the 
custody  of  the  Board  of  Public  Safety,  if  not  reclaimed 
within  two  (2)  days  thereafter,  shall  be  advertised  in 
the  official  paper  of  the  City  as  follows : — 

Horses,  cows,  bulls,  oxen,  mules  or  asses  for  seven 
(7)  days;  all  other  animals  five  (5)  days; 

Provided,  that  swine,  sheep,  lambs  and  goats,  dogs 
and  other  small  animals  or  fowls,  may  be  advertised  by 
written  notice  conspicuously  posted  on  the  pound  gate, 
and  on  the  bulletin  board  at  the  City  Hall  for  five  (5) 
days.  Said  notice  shall  describe  the  animals  impounded 
and  give  time  and  place  of  sale. 


Animals 
to  be 
impounded 


Animals 
trespassing 
on  lots 


Board    of 
Public 
Safety 
to  keep 
record 


Animals 
to  be 
advertised 


Proviso 


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ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Balance   of 
proceeds 


Redemption 


Unlicensed 
dogs    not   to 
run  at  large 
on   streets 


License 


SEC.  6.  At  the  time  specified  in  and  after  said 
advertisement,  as  provided  in  Section  4  of  this  article, 
or  at  any  postponement  thereof,  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  shall  sell  for  cash  all  animals  so  advertised,  and 
out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  thereof  shall  pay  their 
proper  fees  and  charges  and  all  reasonable  and  proper 
demands  made  under  the  provisions  of  Section  3  of  this 
article. 

Any  balance  from  the  proceeds  of  a  sale  of  any 
animal  remaining  after  the  payment  of  such  fees,  charges 
and  demands,  shall  be  paid  into  the  City  Treasury  for  the 
use  of  the  owner  of  such  animal,  if  claimed  within  six  (6) 
months  thereafter;  if  not,  the  same  shall  be  turned  into 
the  general  fund  of  such  Treasury. 

SEC.  7.  The  owner  or  person  entitled  to  the  control 
of  any  animal  impounded,  may,  at  any  time  before  the 
sale  or  other  disposition  thereof,  redeem  the  same  by 
paying  to  the  City  all  proper  fees  and  charges  thereon 
made  by  virtue  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article. 

SEC.  8.  No  person  owning  or  having  possession  of 
any  dog  shall  suffer  or  permit  the  same  to  be  upon  any 
public  street  of  the  City  without  being  held  or  led  by  a 
cord,  chain  or  other  thing,  or  confined  in  a  vehicle,  unless 
such  dog  has  around  its  neck  such  a  collar  as  is  in  this 
article  provided,  having  attached  thereto  such  a  metallic 
plate  or  tag  with  such  inscriptions  thereon  as  are  in  this 
article  p'ovi  'ed,  nor  unless  a  license  tax  for  the  then 
current  year  has  been  paid  as  herein  stated ;  provided 
that  any  dog  taken  up  by  the  Board  of  Public  Safety 
shall  be  released  without  charge  upon  its  being  shown 
that  such  dog  does  not  belong  in  the  City  and  is  not 
kept  or  harbored  here  and  that  it  has  not  been  within  the 
City  limits  for  more  than  twenty-four  hours  continuously 
next  preceding  the  time  when  it  was  taken  up. 

SEC.  9.  An  animal  license  of  two  dollars  shall  be 
raid  on  every  male  dog,  and  of  four  dollars  on  every 
female  dog,  over  six  (6)  months  old,  owned  or  harbored* 
in  said  City.  Every  person  owning  or  harboring  any  dog 
in  said  City  shall  pay  such  license  tax  therefor,  which 
shall  be  paid  in  advance,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
July  of  each  year.  Licenses  herein  provided  for  shall 
be  s'gned  by  the  City  Clerk  and  the  Auditor,  and  issued 
in  the  same  manner  as  licenses  are  or  may  hereafter  be 
issued  for  doing  business  for  which  a  license  tax  is  or 
may  be  required,  and  the  money  collected  for  such  license 
shall  be  paid  into  the  General  Fund  of  the  City.  The 
license  shall  be  numbered  by  the  Clerk. 

SEC.   10.     Every  dog  over  six  months  old,  not  having 


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on  such  collar  and  tag,  found  or  being  in  any  public 
street  of  said  City,  and  not  being  held  or  led  by  a  cord, 
chain  or  other  thing,  nor  confined  in  any  vehicle,  shall 
be  taken  by  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  to  and  impounded 
in  the  public  pound,  where  it  may  be  redeemed  by  the 
owner  or  person  theretofore  entitled  to  the  possession  of 
it  within  five  days  thereafter,  on  payment  tto  the  City  of 
two  dollars ;  but  if  not  so  redeemed  such  dog  shall  be 
killed  and  buried  by  the  Board  of  Public  Safety ;  provided, 
that  the  said  Board  is  authorized  to  keep  valuable  dogs 
and  sell  them,  and  its  receipt  for  the  sale  thereof,  en- 
dorsed by  the  City  Clerk,  shall  be  a  valid  title  to  the 
purchaser.  If  a  license  tax  has  not  been  paid  for  the 
then  current  year,  for  any  impounded  dog,  the  party 
redeeming  must,  before  redemption,  pay  such  license 
tax ;  provided,  that  in  case  of  loss  of  tag,  a  duplicate  of 
the  same  may  be  obtained  from  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  as  provided  in  Section  13  and  on  presenting  said 
duplicate  tag,  the  owner  of  said  impounded  dog  shall 
be  entitled  to  the  possession  of  the  same  on  payment  to 
the  City  of  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  and  costs.  Whenever 
a  dog  is  redeemed,  the  party  redeeming  must  give  to  the 
Board  of  Public  Safety  duplicate  receipts  for  the  same., 
o^e  of  which  shall  be  delivered  by  said  Board  with  its 
monthly  report  to  the  City  Clerk.  The  Board  of  Public 
Safety  must  give  to  any  person  redeeming  a  dog,  a  receipt 
for  the  redemption  money. 

In  case  it  is  satisfactorily  proven  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Safety  that  a  license  tax  for  the  then  current  year 
has  been  paid  upon  any  dog  so  impounded,  said  dog  shall 
be  released  upon  the  payment  of  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  and 
costs. 

SEC.  ii.  A  female  dog  in  heat  running  at  large 
upon  the  public  streets  is  hereby  declared  a  public 
nuisance,  and  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  is  hereby 
directed  to  abate  all  such  nuisances  as  soon  as  reported 
by  impounding  such  dog  if  she  can  be  caught,  and  shoot- 
ing the  same  if  she  evade  capture.  This  shall  apply  to 
all  female  dogs  whether  licensed  or  not. 

SEC.   12.     It  shall  be,  and  is  hereby  made,  unlawful 
for  any  person  to  keep  or  maintain  more  than  one  (i) 
female  dog  at  any  place  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  13.  It  shall  he,  and  is  hereby  made  unlawful 
for  any  person  to  carry  on  and  conduct  a  dog  fancier's 
bus:ness  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto. 

SEC.   14.     The    Board    of    Public    Safety    is    hereby 


Unlicensed 
does  to  be 
impounded 


Female 
dogs 


Number  of 
female   dogs 
to  be   kept 
at    any    one 
place 

Dog 

fancier's 

business 


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ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Dog  collars 


Tags 


Duplicate 
tags 


Board  of 
Public  Safety 
to   make 
report 


Care  of 

impounded 

dogs 


Bull    or 
jack 


Badge    of 
officers 


Interference 

with 

officials 


require:!  to  procure,  at  the  expense  of  the  City,  metallic 
plates  or  tags  having  thereon  the  number  of  the  license 
and  figures  indicating  the  year  for  which  the  tax  has 
been  paid,  and  shall  register,  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for 
that  purpose,  the  name  of  the  owner  or  possessor  and  a 
description  of  the  dog  for  which  the  license  is  issued,  and 
the  number  of  the  license,  and  shall  deliver  such  tag, 
having  thereon  the  number  of  the  license,  to  the  person 
paying  for  such  license. 

The  cost  of  such  plates  or  tags  shall  not  exceed 
twenty-five  cents  each,  unless  the  Council  shall  authorize 
a  larger  expenditure. 

SEC.  15.  Every  registered  dog  shall  be  provided  by 
the  owner  or  possessor  of  such  dog  with  a  collar  at  least 
three-fourths  of  an  inch  in  width,  and  have  attached  to 
such  collar  such  a  metallic  plate  or  tag  having  such 
inscription  thereon  as  is  specified  in  Section  14. 

SEC.  1 6.  Whenever  a  tag,  issued  for  the  then  current 
year  by  the  Board  of  Public  Safety,  has  been  stolen  or  lost, 
the  owner  or  possessor  of  the  dog  for  \vhich  the  same 
was  issued,  may,  on  the  payment  of  twenty  cents  to  the 
said  Board,  and  on  making  and  subscribing  to  an 
affidavit  of  such  loss,  and  filing  the  same  with  the  said 
Board,  receive  from  the  said  Board  a  duplicate  tag  for 
the  remaining  portion  of  the  then  current  year. 

SEC.  17.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  shall  make  a 
true  and  correct  report  to  the  Council  on  the  first  Mon- 
day of  each  month,  of  the  number  of  dogs  impounded 
during  the  preceding  month,  and  of  the  disposition  made 
of  them,  and  of  the  number  redeemed  and  by  whom 
redeemed,  and  of  the  amount  of  money  received  for 
redemption  of  dogs. 

SEC.  1 8.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  shall  feed  one 
( i )  pound  of  meat  each  day  to  each  dog  impounded,  at  a 
cost  net  exceeding  five  cents  per  day.  It  shall  also  pro- 
vide sufficient  water  for  all  dogs  impounded,  and  food 
and  water  for  all  other  animals  impounded. 

SEC.  19.  It  shall  be  and  it  is  hereby  made  unlawful 
for  any  person  to  keep  or  maintain  a  bull  or  jack  at  any 
place  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto. 

SEC.  20.  Officers  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  shall  each  wear,  while  engaged  in  the  discharge 
of  their  duties,  a  plain  badge  designating  their  office, 
except  that  so  long  as  the  policemen  act  as  poundmaster 
their  badge  as  policemen  shall  be  sufficient. 

SEC.  21.  No  person  shall  resist  or  interfere  with 
any  official  of  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  in  the  discharge 
of  his  official  duties. 


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SEC.  22.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  or 
owners,  or  person  or  persons  having  the  control  of  any 
animal  mentioned  in  Section  2  of  this  article,  except 
the  owner  or  owners  or  person  or  persons  having  the 
control  of  such  horses  or  mules,  or  asses,  or  oxen, 
harnessed  or  saddled,  and  at  the  same  time  in  actual 
custody  of  some  person  or  persons,  and  of  licensed  dogs, 
to  permit  or  allow  the  animals  or  any  of  them  not  men- 
tioned in  said  exception  to  run  at  large  or  to  be  found 
grazing,  or  being  grazed  or  herded,  or  in  charge  of  any 
person  or  persons  upon  any  public  street  or  square,  or 
public  ground,  or  place,  or  court,  or  alley,  or  sidewalk 
in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  23.  No  sheep,  cattle,  horses  or  other  stock 
shall  be  herded  or  corralled  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  within  five  hundred  (500)  feet 
of  any  residence. 

SEC.  24.  No  person  or  persons  shall  tie  any  animal 
or  animals  to  any  shrub  or  tree  growing  upon  or  along 
any  of  the  sidewalks  or  streets  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  25.  All  cows  and  horses  within  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto,  when  not  in  use,  must  be  kept  inside  of  enclosures 
at  night  and  no  person  shall  stake  or  tie  or  leave  staked 
or  tied  during  the  night  time  any  cow  or  horse  in  an  open 
lot  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  26.  .  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  shall,  within 
twenty-four  hours  after  the  impounding  of  any  animal 
or  animals,  cause  to  be  delivered  to  the  owner  or  keeper 
of  the  same,  if  a  resident  of  said  City  and  if  known  to 
said  Board,  or  cause  to  be  left  at  the  place  of  business  or 
residence  of  any  such  person  if  in  said  City,  a  written 
notice  that  such  animal  has  been  impounded  and  with  a 
description  of  the  animal  or  animals  impounded  and  date 
of  impounding.  If  the  owner  or  keeper  of  said  animal 
or  animals  is  not  known  to  the  Board  of  Public  Safety, 
or  is  not  a  resident  of  said  City,  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  shall,  within  said  period  of  twenty-four  hours, 
post  up  a  like  notice  on  the  bulletin  board  at  the 
City  Hall.  If  said  owner  or  keeper  is  not  a  resident  of 
said  City  and  his  place  of  residence  or  of  business  is 
known  to  the  Board  of  Public  Safety,  it  shall,  within 
said  period  of  twenty-four  hours,  send  him  a  like  notice 
by  mail. 

SEC.  27.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  shall  be  en- 
titled to  charge  and  receive  for  services  in  impounding 
animals  the  following  rates :  ( i )  For  every  horse,  mule, 
ass,  bull,  ox,  cow  or  calf,  the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  also 
fifty  cents  per  day  or  a  fraction  of  a  day  for  keeping 


Unlawful    to 
allow  animals 
to  run  at 
large 


Herding 


Tying   horses 
to    trees 


Cows  and 
horses  to  be 
kept  in  enclo- 
sure at  night 


Notice  to 
owners    of 
animals 
impounded 


Fees   for   im- 
pounding 
and 

publishing  • 
notice 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF   PALO   ALTO 


Sale  of 
animals 
impounded 


Reclaiming 
animals 


Removal 
of  dead 
animals 


Escaping 
animals 


Penalty 


each  of  said  animals,  to  be  paid  by  the  owner 
thereof;  (2)  For  every  sheep,  goat,  or  hog  impounded, 
the  sum  of  fifty  cents  and  twenty-five  cents  per  day  or 
fraction  of  a  day  for  keeping  each  of  said  animals,  to  be 
paid  by  the  owner  thereof;  (3)  For  posting  notice  of 
animals  impounded  other  than  the  notice  posted  at  the 
pound,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  notice;  (4)  For 
publishing  notices,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  for  each  notice, 
in  addition  to  the  actual  cost  of  publication ;  ( 5 )  For 
conducting  sales,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  animal 
sold;  (6)  For  impounding  any  unlicensed  dog  the  sum 
of  two  dollars;  (7)  For  impounding  any  licensed  but 
untagged  dog,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents;  (8)  For  feeding 
dogs,  at  the  rate  of  five  cents  per  day  each,  to  be  paid  by 
the  owner. 

All  of  said  sums  shall  be  deposited  with  the  City 
Auditor,  to  be  placed  in  the  Police  Incidental  Fund  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Safety. 

SEC.  28.  If  sale  is  not  made  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  at  the  time  stated  in  its  published  or  posted 
notice,  the  sale  may  be  postponed  from  day  to  day  until 
the  animals  offered  are  sold.  Notice  of  such  postpone- 
ment shall  be  given  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for 
the  original  notice  of  sale. 

SEC.  29.  Any  animal  may  be  reclaimed  by  the  owner 
or  person  entitled  to  its  control  before  the  sale  thereof, 
by  paying  all  fees  and  charges  that  have  been  incurred  or 
accrued  up  to  the  time  of  reclamation,  and  any  such 
animal  may  be  reclaimed  after  having  been  taken  up  by 
the  Board  of  Public  Safety  and  before  it  has  been  placed 
in  the  pound  by  paying  the  same  fee  that  the  said  Board 
would  be  entitled  to  if  the  animal  were  actually  im- 
pounded. 

SEC.  30.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  to  remove  from  any  public  street,  square,  public 
ground,  place,  court,  alley  or  sidewalk,  any  animal  or 
fowl  found  c'ead  thereon,  the  cost  of  the  removal  to  be 
paid  by  the  owner  thereof. 

SEC.  31.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  may  retake  any 
animal  directly  or  indirectly  conveyed  or  delivered  out 
of  the  pound  without  lawful  authority,  and  again  im- 
pound and  retain  the  same,  and  proceed  as  heretofore, 
proceeding  in  the  saire  manner  as  if  said  animal  had 
never  been  released  from  the  pound. 

SEC.  32.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  not  exceeding  three  hundred  doHars.  or  by 


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imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceeding  three  months, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  VIII 

OBSTRUCTIONS   ON   STREETS   AND   SIDE- 
WALKS 

SEC.   i.     No  owner  or  driver  of  a  hack,  automobile,   Hacks 
omnibus,  coach,  hackney  coach,  carriage,  carry-all,  truck  carry -alls  and 
or  job- wagon  shall  allow  such  vehicle  to  stand  in  front  standi^agg°"n 
of  any  house  or  place  of  business  longer  than  is  neces-   streets 
sary  to  take  in  or  discharge  passengers  or  freight,  with- 
out first  obtaining  the  written  consent  of  the  owner  or 
occupant  of  such  house  or  place  of  business ;  and  no  such 
vehicle  shall  be  left  standing  upon  any  street  crossing 
or  within  ten  feet  thereof,  or  in  such  a  manner  that  any 
part  of  said  vehicle  shall  be  at  a  greater  distance  than 
nine  feet  from  the  curb  line  of  the  sidewalk  nearest  there- 
to.   Wood  and  hay  wagons  shall  not  be  allowed  to  stand 
on  any  street  for  the  purpose  of  selling  wood  or  hay 
therefrom,  or  for  any  other  purpose,  except  when  load- 
ing or  unloading.     No  vehicle  shall  be  allowed  to  stand 
upon  any  part  of  the  Circle  formed  by  the  intersection  of 
Alma   street  and  University  avenue   and   the   extension- 
thereof,  and  drivers  of  such  vehicles  on  the  Cirlce  shall 
1  e  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Chief  of  Police  and  his 
deputies. 

SEC.  2.  No  person  owning  or  occupying  any  Displaying 
premises  fronting  on  a  public  street  shall  place  any  goods,  goods  on 
wares  or  merchandise,  for  the  purpose  of  exhibition,  dis- 
play  or  advertisement,  on  any  portion  of  the  sidewalk  in 
front  of  said  premises,  nor  suffer  any  such  goods,  wares 
or  merchandise  to  remain  thereon,  nor  suspend  any  goods, 
wares  or  merchandise,  or  any  advertising  banner  or  device 
over  any  portion  thereof.  No  person  shall  place  any 
crates,  cases,  barrels  or  boxes  on  the  sidewalk,  nor 
suffer  anything  to  remain  thereon  in  front  of  premises 
occupied  by  him  which  will  in  any  manner  restrict  the 
public  use  thereof.  No  business  sign,  both  ends  of 
which  are  attached  to  any  building,  shall  project  more 
than  eighteen  inches  over  the  inner  line  of  any  sidewalk, 
nor  shall  any  such  sign  be  placed  at  a  less  distance  than 
ten  feet  above  the  sidewalk.  No  flag,  canvas,  banner,  nor 
any  advertising  device  of  any  description  whatever  shall 


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ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY   OF  PALO  ALTO 


Awnings 


Horses 

standing 

unhitched 


Restrictions 

Fast 
driving 


Games 


Obstructing 
sidewalk 


Crowding 


Lounging 

public 
squares 

Driving 
animals 


be  stretched  across  any  street  or  sidewalk  without  the 
permission  of  the  Street  Superintendent  given  in  writing. 

SEC.  3.  All  awnings  extending  over  the  sidewalk  in 
front  of  any  building  must  be  suspended  or  placed  upon 
iron  or  wooden  stays,  fastened  to  said  building,  and  shall 
not  extend  beyond  the  outer  or  curb-line  of  the  sidewalk, 
and  the  said  awning  must  be  so  constructed  as  to  pre- 
vent either  accident  or  injury  to  pedestrians;  and  no 
person  shall,  in  front  of  his  premises,  permit,  for  any 
length  of  time  whatever,  the  lower  edge  of  any  drop 
awning  to  remain  suspended  at  an  altitude  less  than 
seven  feet  from  the  sidewalk. 

SEC.  4.  No  person  shall  leave  standing  in  any  of 
the  streets,  alleys  or  highways  of  this  City  any  horse  or 
work  animal  attached  or  hitched  to  any  wagon,  cart, 
carriage,  buggy  or  other  vehicle,  unless  attended  by  some 
person  of  suitable  age  and  discretion  (who  shall  occupy 
a  ?eat  in  the  vehicle  and  hold  the  reins,  or  shall  stand 
at  the  head  of  the  animal  or  animals)  or  hitched  in  a 
good  and  substantial  manner.  The  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  not  apply  to  persons  carrying  on  the  business 
or  occupation  of  selling  and  furnishing  regularly  to  the 
citizens  of  said  City,  meats,  vegetables,  bread,  ice,  milk, 
groceries  or  other  goods,  while  actually  engaged  in  the 
delivery  thereof. 

SEC.  5.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person : 

1.  To  ride  or  drive  any  animal  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  at  a  rate  of  speed  sufficient  to  endanger  the  public 
safety. 

2.  To  play  any  game  of  football,  town-ball  or  base- 
ball upon  any  street  or  public  square  of  the  City,  or  to 
engage   in   any   sport   or   exercise   tending   to    frighten 
horses  or  to  annoy  persons  passing  upon  the  street  or 
being  upon  adjacent  premises. 

3.  To  stand  in  front  of  any  theatre,  public  hall,  church 
or  other  place  then  being  used  as  a  place  of  public  resort, 
after  being  requested  to  move  on  by  the  police  or  the 
person  in  control  of  such  place  of  public  resort. 

4.  To  stand  in  a  crowd  of  two  or  more  persons  so 
as  to  obstruct  the  free  passage  of  any  part  of  a  street  or 
sidewalk,  after  being  requested  to  move  on  by  the  police. 

5.  To  lie  upon  any  of  the  benches,  or  upon  the  grass 
plots,   or  pluck  flowers   from  any  grass  plot  or  flower 
bed  in  any  of  the  public  squares  or  parks  in  the  City. 

6.  To  lead,  drive,   ride  or  hitch  any  horse  or  mule 
upon  a  sidewalk  or  in  any  public  square  within  the  City 
or  to  lead  or  cause  to  be  led  or  driven  along  any  street 
of  the   City  any  band  of  sheep,  goats,   cattle,   hogs  or 


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horses  exceeding  five  (5)  in  number,  without  a  written 
permit  from  the  Chief  of  Police  designating  the  route 
to  be  traveled. 

7.  To  discharge  mucus  from  the  nose  or  mouth  or  spit 
upon  any  sidewalk  of  any  public  street  or  highway  or 
upon  any  part  of  any  public  building,  stage,  street  car  or 
other  vehicle  used  for  the  transportation  of  the  public. 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  remove,  break,  ex- 
tinguish or  injure  any  light  maintained  for  street  lighting 
or  as  a  warning  signal  of  any  dangerous  place  in  the 
roadway  or  sidewalk  of  the  street. 

SEC.  7.  No  person  shall  deface,  destroy  or  remove 
any  street  sign  placed  to  indicate  the  name  of  any  street. 

SEC.  8.  Any  person  by  whom,  or  under  whose 
immediate  direction,  or  by  whose  immediate  authority  as 
principal,  or  as  contractor,  or  employer,  any  portion  of  a 
public  street  may  be  made  dangerous,  shall: 

(1)  Erect,   and,   so   long   as   the   danger   continues, 
n  aintain  around  the  portion  of  the  street  or  highway 
so  made  dangerous,  a  good  and  substantial  barrier. 

(2)  Cause    to    be    maintained    during   every   night, 
from    sunset    until    sunrise,    a   lighted   lantern    on   that 
portion  of  the  street  or  crossing  so  made  dangerous. 

SEC.  9.  No  person  shall  destroy,  injure  or  remove 
any  monument  erected  or  placed  by  the  City  Engineer; 
provided,  if  it  shall  become  necessary  for  any  person,  in 
pursuit  of  any  lawful  purpose,  to  have  any  such  monu- 
ment removed,  notice  of  such  necessity  must  be  given 
to  such  City  Engineer,  who  shall  proceed  forthwith,  at 
the  cost  of  the  person  requiring  such  removal,  to  remove 
such  monument,  and  replace  the  same  in  its  original 
position  as  soon  as  the  object  shall  be  attained  for  which 
the  removal  shall  have  been  made. 

SEC.  ID.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  post,  stick,  stamp, 
paint  or  otherwise  affix,  or  cause  to  be  done  by  another, 
any  notice,  placard,  bill,  poster  or  advertisement,  to  or 
upon  any  sidewalk,  crosswalk,  curbing,  hydrant,  shade 
tree  or  tree  box,  fence,  enclosure  or  building,  or  upon 
any  telegraph,  telephone,  electric  lighting  or  electric 
railway  pole,  without  first  obtaining  the  permission  of 
the  owner,  agent  or  occupant  thereof;  or  to  distribute 
or  cause  to  be  distributed  or  thrown  upon  any  street, 
square  or  sidewalk,  or  upon  any  private  premises  any 
handbill,  dodger,  circular  or  other  advertisement. 

SEC.  ii.  No  person  or  persons  shall  throw,  deposit 
or  leave  upon  any  yard,  doorstep  or  porch,  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  any  patent 
medicine  or  medicines,  drugs  or  medicine  of  any  des- 
cription. 


Spitting    on 
sidewalk 


Injuring 

street 

lights 


Removing 
or    defacing 
street    signs 

Barriers    and 
lights    where 
work  is 
being   done 


Removal    of 

street 

monuments 


Posting 
handbills 
Throwing 
dodgers 


Patent   medi- 
cine,   drugs, 
etc.,    left   in 
yards,    etc. 


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Declared 
to  be  a 
nuisance 

Business 
stands   on 
sidewalks 


Carrying 
baskets   on 
sidewalk 


Garbage    and 

street 

sweepings 


Street     and 

sidewalk 

obstructions 


Breaking    up 
streets 


SEC.  12.  The  commission  of  any  act  prohibited  by 
Section  n  is  hereby  declared  to  be  dangerous  to  public 
health  and  shall  be  deemed  a  nuisance. 

SEC.  13.  No  person  shall  place,  erect,  or  maintain 
any  business  stand  or  other  obstruction  on  any  portion 
of  any  street  or  sidewalk  of  the  City.  Provided,  however, 
that  the  Street  Superintendent  may  issue  permits  grant- 
ing such  privileges  for  special  occasions. 

SEC.  14.     No  person  upon  any  sidewalk  shall  carry 
a  basket  or  baskets,  bag  or  bags,   suspended   from   or 
attached  to  a  pole  upon  or  across  the  shoulder,  and  no 
person    upon   any   sidewalk   shall   carry,    so   as   to   be 
offensive  to  pedestrians,  any  rubbish,  garbage  or -filth. 

SEC.  15.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
deposit  any  swreepings  from  shops  or  stores,  or  any  paper, 
feathers,  straw,  broken  glass,  crockery  or  rubbish,  garb- 
age, manure,  or  debris  of  any  description  from  dwelling 
houses  or  places  of  business  upon  any  public  street, 
lane,  alley  or  public  place,  or  in  the  creeks  of  said  City,  or 
to  sweep  any  of  the  rubbish  above  mentioned  into  the 
gutterways  of  said  City. 

SEC.  1 6.  No  person  shall  place  or  cause  to  be  placed 
anywhere,  upon  any  public  way,  street  or  sidewalk,  and 
no  person  owning,  occupying  or  having  control  of  any 
premises  shall  suffer  to  remain  in  front  thereof,  upon  the 
sidewalk  of  the  street  or  way  next  to  such  premises, 
anything  which  shall  obstruct  the  free  passage  of  any 
portion  of  such  street  or  sidewalk  for  more  than  one  hour 
at  a  time. 

This  Section  shall  not  apply  to : 

Goods  or  merchandise  in  actual  course  of  receipt, 
delivery  or  removal; 

Lamp  posts  or  hydrants  erected  by  permission  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Works ; 

Ornamental  trees  planted  along  the  outer  line  of  the 
sidewalk  and  within  the  curb,  and  barriers  for  the  pro- 
tection of  the  same; 

Water  troughs  placed  by  permission  of  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  upon  sidewalks  for  the  accommodation  of 
the  public; 

Materials  used  in  the  construction  or  repair  of  any 
building  during  the  existence  of  a  written  permit  issued 
by  the  Superintendent  of  Streets. 

SEC.  17.  No  person  shall  dig  up,  remove,  displace, 
break,  or  otherwise  injure  or  destroy  any  public  street, 
highway  or  sidewalk  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  without 
permission  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  of  said  City. 

SEC.  1 8.     No  person,  firm  or  corporation  obtaining 


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a  ],enrit  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  17  Removal   of 
to  remove  any  dirt  or  material  composing  the  roadway  dirt  from 
of  any  street  of  said  City,  shall  dig  up  and  remove  such  ' 
dirt  or  material  out  of  the  City  or  upon  private  property 
without   further  permission   from   the   Board  of   Public 
Works. 

Sic.   19.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  fill   Condition   of 
any  lot  with  dirt  or  material  and  allow  or  permit  the  lots 
surface  of  the  same  to  remain  unlevel. 

SKC.  20.     No   person   shall   lead,   drive   or   hitch   or  Horses   and 
ride  any  horse  or  mule  upon  any  sidewalk  within  the   ^ewTlks11 
City  of  Palo  Alto,  or  drive  or  propel  any  wagon,  buggy, 
cart  or  automobile  upon  or  over  any  sidewalk  of  said  City, 
except   where   proper   crossings   are   provided   for   such 
vehicles. 

SKC.  21.     It   shall   be   unlawful    for   any   person   to   Bicycles   on 
ride  any  bicycle  or  tricycle  upon  the  sidewalks  of  the  City  sidewalks 
of   Palo   Alto   during  the  months   of   May,   June,   July, 
August,   September  and  October,  except  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

SKC.  22.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  Dismounting 
ride  any  bicyjle  or  tricycle  upon  any  sidewalks  of  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  during  the  months  of  November, 
December,  January,  February,  March  and  April  unless 
the  rider  in  every  case  dismount  completely  before  meet- 
ing or  overtaking  any  pedestrian  and  remain  dismounted 
until  he  or  she  shall  have  passed  such  pedestrian. 

SEC.  23.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  at  any   Riding 
time  to  ride  upon  any  sidewalk  along  any  improved  and  after  dark 
accepted  street  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  or  to  ride  upon 
any  sidewalk  of  said  City  after  dark. 

SEC.  24.  It  shall  be  lawful,  however,  for  the  police  Exceptions 
officers  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  and  the  United  States 
mail  carriers,  when  on  duty,  and  newspaper  carriers 
when  on  regular  routes  to  ride  bicycles  upon  any 
of  the  sidewalks  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  on  streets 
which  are  unimproved;  provided,  that  said  officer,  mail 
carrier  or  newspaper  carrier  slow  up  and  pass  to  the  right 
when  meeting  or  passing  a  pedestrian. 

SEC.  25.     It    is    hereby    declared    unlawful    for   any  Roller 
person  to  skate  with  roller  skates  or  propel  any  coaster-  skates  and 
brake  wagons  or  vehicles  upon  and  along  any  sidewalk  in   coasters 
the  following  limits: 

Commencing  at  a  point  which  would  be  on  the  center 
line  of  the  intersection  of  University  avenue  and  Alma 
street,  and  running  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line 
of  University  avenue  to  a  point  of  intersection  of  said 
University  avenue  with  Waverly  street,  and  ex- 


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tending  back  a  depth  of  two  hundred  feet  on  either  side 
of  University  avenue,  from  the  property  line,  including 
two  hundred  feet  on  either  side  of  Alma,  High,  Emerson, 
Ramona  and  Bryant  streets  from  University  avenue. 
Seizure  of  SEC.  26.     Police    officers    may    seize    and    hold    the 

bicycles,  etc.  bicycle,  tricycle,  roller  skates,  coaster-brake  wagon  or 
vehicle  belonging  to  any  person  violating  the  provisions 
of  this  article,  for  a  period  of  time  not  exceeding 
thirty  days. 

Penalty  SEC.  27.     Every  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 

provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  for  not  more  than  thirty  days,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE    IX 

REMOVAL  OF  GRASS,  WEEDS  AND  POISON" 
OAK  AND  TRIMMING  OF  TREES  AND 
HEDGES 


Grass, 
weeds,   or 
poison   oak 


Trees    and 
hedges 


Require- 
ments 


Failure    to 
comoly 


SEC.  i.  No  person  owning  or  occupying  any  build- 
ing, lot  or  premises  fronting  upon  any  street  or  sidewalk 
shall  suffer,  allow  or  permit  to  remain  upon  said  side- 
walk or  upon  said  street  between  said  building,  lot  or 
premises  and  the  center  line  of  said  street  any  grass, 
weeds  or  poison  oak.  ' 

SEC.  2.  Any  owner  or  occupant  of  a  building,  lot 
or  premises  shall  keep  all  sidewalk  trees  and  hedges 
properly  trimmed  in  such  a  manner  that  the  same  shall 
not  interfere  with  the  free  use  of  sidewalks. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner,  agent, 
lessee  or  other  person  having  charge  or  control  of  any 
lot  within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  to  suffer  thistles,  weeds, 
mustard  or  any  indigenous  grasses,  noxious  trees  or 
brush,  to  grow,  or  remain  thereon. 

SEC.  4.  Whenever  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any 
property  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  fails  to  remove  grass, 
weeds,  or  poison  oak  or  to  trim  trees  or  hedges  as  here- 
inbefore provided,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superinten- 
dent of  Streets  of  said  City  to  give  written  notice  of  such 
failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  article  to 
the  owner,  if  known,  or  to  the  occupant  if  there  be  any, 
or,  if  the  owner  is  not  known  and  there  is  no  occupant, 
to  post  such  notice  conspicuously  on  said  property.  Said 


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notice  shall  briefly  describe  the  work  to  be  done  and  shall 
refer  to  this  article  and  shall  contain  a  notification  that 
unless  said  work  shall  be  done  within  ten  days  after  the 
service  or  posting  of  said  notice  the  Superitendent  of 
Streets  \\  ill  do  the  same,  and  that  the  costs  and  expenses 
thereof  will  !;e  charged  up  and  made  a  lien  against  said 
property. 

Tf  said  work  be  not  done  within  ten  days  after  the    Duty  of 
service  or  posting  of  said  notice,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of    Supermtend- 
the   Superintendent  of   Streets   forthwith  to  proceed  to 
do   the   same   and   put   said   property   in   the   condition 
required  by  this  article. 

He  shall  keep  a  record  of  said  notices,  and  shall  also 
keep  a  separate  record  of  the  work  done  on  each  piece, 
lot  <  r  parcel  of  land,  and  the  cost  of  the  same. 

SEC.  5.     As    soon   as    said   work   is   completed,    the  Lien   agai;  st 
Superintendent  of  Streets  shall  render  a  statement  show-  property 
ing  the  cost  thereof  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  City 
Assessor,    who   shall   note   the   amount   thereof   on   the 
assessment  roll  against  the  property  charged,  and  there- 
after said  amount  shall  be  a  lien  against  said  property, 
and  shall  be  collected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  City  taxes. 

SEC.  6.  Any  person  willfully  failing  to  comply  with  Penalty 
or  enforce  the  requirements  of  Sections  i,  2  and  3  of  this 
article,  or  allowing  any  property  owned  or  occupied  by 
him  to  be  in  a  condition  contrary  to  the  provisions  of 
this  article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and" 
upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  for  a 
period  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine 
ar.d  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  X 
GARBAGE 

Si7-C.   i.     No  person  or  persons  shall  dump  or  place   Dumping   of 
on  any  lot,  land  or  street,  or  in  any  water  or  waterway,    refuse 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the   City  of  Palo  Alto, 
except  such  place  or  places  as  may  be  designated  by 
ordinance,  and  under  and  in  accordance  with  and  subject 
to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Board  of  Public  Safety 
of  said  City,  any  house  refuse,  butchers'  offal,  garbage, 
refuse,   filth,    sludge,   bones,   or   other   like   matter,   nor 
putrid  vegetable  matter,  manure,  or  any  matter  or  sub- 


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Accumula- 
tion  of 
refuse 


Refuse  in 

business 

district 


Not  to  be 
burned  on 
premises 


Duty   of 
Chief    of 
Police 


Removal    of 
manure,    etc. 
from    stables 


Boxes    for 
manure 


stance  condemned  by  the  Board  of  Health,  or  any  other 
deleterious  or  offensive  substances. 

SEC.  2.  No  person  owning  or  occupying  any  build- 
ing, lot,  or  premises  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  suffer, 
allow  or  permit  to  collect  and  remain  upon  said  lot  or 
premises  any  paper,  feathers,  straw,  broken  glass,  or 
crockery,  or  rubbish,  garbage  or  debris  of  any  des- 
cription, and  no  person  shall  dump  upon  any  lot  or 
premises  in  said  City,  piles  of  paper,  feathers,  straw, 
broken  glass,  crockery,  old  barrels,  boards,  brick,  stone, 
cement,  plaster  or  rubbish  of  any  description  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  make  a  rubbish  heap  on  said  lot  or 
premises  and  allow  or  permit  the  same  to  remain  there, 
(provided  that  this  provision  shall  not  be  construed  as 
interfering  with  building  under  a  building  permit,  or 
wood  neatly  piled  for  kitchen  or  household  use). 

SEC.  3.  No  person  owning,  occupying,  or  in  charge 
of  any  store  or  building  situated  upon  University 
avenue,  Hamilton  avenue  or  Lytton  avenue,  and  between 
Alma  street  and  Waverly  street,  in  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto,  shall  deposit  or  throw  loose  or  waste  paper,  or 
loose  or  waste  straw  or  hay  or  excelsior,  or  rubbish  of 
any  kind  in  the  rear  or  about  such  store  or  building  and 
sutler  the  same  to  remain  there  for  more  than  forty- 
eight  hours. 

SEC.  4.  No  person  owning,  occupying,  or  in  charge 
of  any  store  or  building  within  the  limits  above  described 
shall  set  fire  to,  or  cause  to  be  burned,  any  paper,  straw, 
hay,  boxes  or  rubbish  of  any  kind  in  the  rear  of  such 
store  or  building. 

SEC.  5.  The  Chief  of  Police  of  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto  is  hereby  directed  and  required,  in  person  or  by 
deputy,  to  notify  all  persons  failing  to  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  Sections  I,  2  and  3  of  this  article,  to  remove 
immediately  from  their  lot  or  premises  all  such  rubbish 
or  debris  as  is  described  in  said  Sections. 

SEC.  6.  Every  owner,  lessee,  tenant  or  occupant  of 
any  stable,  stall,  pen  or  apartment  in  which  any  horse, 
cow,  barnyard  fowls,  or  other  animal  shall  be  kept,  or 
of  any  place  in  which  manure  or  liquid  discharge  of  any 
such  animal  shall  collect  or  accumulate  shall  cause  such 
manure  or  liquid  to  be  removed  to  some  other  place,  and 
shall  at  all  times  keep,  or  cause  to  be  kept  such  stables, 
stalls,  pens  and  appurtenances  thereof  in  a  cleanly  and 
wholesome  condition.  No  swine  shall  be  kept  within 
three  hundred  feet  of  any  dwelling  house. 

SEC.  7.  For  this  purpose,  boxes  for  holding  manure 
shall  be  provided  by  each  owner,  lessee,  tenant,  or 


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occupant  of  a  stable,  and  such  boxes  shall  be  provided 
with  lids,  and  said  boxes  shall  be  kept  closed,  except 
when  manure  is  being  placed  therein  or  taken  therefrom, 
and  in  no  instance  shall  manure  be  placed  in  or  upon  any 
such  box  so  as  to  prevent  the  closing  of  the  lid. 

SEC.  8.  If  said  box  is  placed  outside  of  the  stable 
and  on  an  open  lot,  the  same  shall  be  made  of  galvanized 
iron.  The  contents  of  the  box  are  to  be  removed  as  often 
as  filled.  All  manure  not  utilized  for  the  fertilizing  of 
gardens  or  lawns  within  the  City,  shall  be  disposed  of 
by  the  owner  or  occupant  of  the  premises  wherein  such 
material  has  accumulated  either  by  conveying  or  causing 
the  same  to  be  conveyed  beyond  the  City  limits  or  other 
place,  as  directed  by  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  or  the 
police  officers  of  said  City.  Such  manure  in  being 
hauled  shall  be  hauled  in  such  manner  as  to  prevent  any 
part  of  it  being  dropped  upon  the  streets. 

Any  person  keeping  two  or  less  horses,  cows,  or 
other  animals  on  the  premises  shall  have  the  manure 
removed  at  least  once  a  week;  any  person  keeping 
more  than  two  of  such  animals  and  not  more  than  ten 
shall  have  the  manure  removed  twice  a  week ;  any 
person  keeping  more  than  ten  of  such  animals  shall 
have  the  manure  removed  th*ree  times  a  week. 

SEC.  9.  For  the  purpose  of  this  article  the  word 
"garbage"  shall  be  held  to  include  and  mean  kitchen 
and  table  refuse  and  offal,  swill,  and  also  every  accumu- 
lation of  animal  and  vegetable  and  other  matter  that 
attends  the  preparation,  consumption,  decay  or  dealing 
in  or  storage  of  meats,  fish,  fowl,  birds,  fruits  or  vege- 
tables. 

The  term  ''waste  matter"  shall  include  and  be  held 
to  mean  crockery,  bottles,  broken  brick,  tin  vessels,  trim- 
ings  from  lawns  and  flower  gardens,  pasteboard  boxes, 
berry  boxes,  paper,,  straw,  sawdust,  packing  material, 
shavings,  boxes,  natural  soil,  street  sweepings,  earth  and 
stone,  and  all  non-combustible  waste  matter.  The  term 
"ashes"  shall  be  held  to  include  and  mean  the  residue  of 
material  burned. 

SEC.  10.  No  garbage  or  manure,  or  manure  and 
straw  shall  be  burned  upon  any  street,  alley,  park,  water- 
way, highway,  or  pubilc  place,  or  upon  any  premises,  in 
the  open  air  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  City. 

SEC.  n.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  tenant,  lessee, 
or  occupant  of  any  private  dwelling  house  in  said  City 
to  provide  within  such  dwelling  house  or  building,  or 
on  the  lot  or  premises,  upon  which  such  building  or 
dwelling  house  is  situated,  in  a  suitable  place,  a  tin  or 


Regulating 
removal  of 
manure 


Number    of 
times   per 
week 


Definition 

of 

"garbage" 


"waste 
matter" 


"ashes" 


Burning  of 

refuse 

prohibited 


Garbage 
receptacle 


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Garbage  to 
be   placed    in 
receptacle 


Garbage    at 

private 

dwellings 

Garbage   at 
hotels,    etc. 


Sanitary 
condition    of 
receptacle 


Garbage 
wagon 


Permit    for 

garbage 

business 


iron  garbage  receptacle  with  cover,  for  receiving  and 
holding  all  the  garbage  produced,  created,  or  accumula- 
ted upon  such  premises  between  the  times  for  the  col- 
lection of  garbage,  as  hereinafter  provided ;  and  all  such 
receptacles  shall  be  at  all  times  located  in  such  places 
as  to  be  readily  accessible  for  removing  or  emptying  the 
same;  but  shall  not  be  placed  within  the  limits  of  any 
street,  in  said  City,  or  anywhere  so  as  to  constitute  a 
nuisance. 

SEC.  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  such  tenant, 
occupant  or  lessee  to  place  in  such  receptacle,  all  garbage 
created,  produced,  or  accumulated  upon  the  premises 
occupied  by  him  between  the  times  established  in  this 
article  for  the  removal  of  the  same.  Nothing  but  gar- 
bage as  defined  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  placed  in  such 
receptacle. 

SEC.  13.  All  garbage  accumulating  at  private  dwell- 
ing houses  or  residences  shall  be  removed  by  the  gar- 
bage collector  twice  a  week,  or  oftener  if  necessary. 

SEC.  14.  All  garbage  accumulating  at  hotels,  board- 
ing houses,  restaurants  or  business  houses,  shall  be  re- 
moved by  the  garbage  collector  as  often  as  every  other 
day. 

SEC.  15.  All  garbage  cans  or  receptacles  shall  be 
kept  clean  and  sanitary  by  the  owner  or  person  using 
the  same,  and  covered  at  all  times  except  when  garbage 
is  deposited  or  removed  therefrom. 

SEC.  16.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  use 
any  cart  or  vehicle  for  the  conveyance  of  "garbage"  or 
"waste  material,"  filth,  offal  of  any  kind,  or  any  offensive 
or  ill-smelling  matter  unless  the  cart  or  vehicle  is  staunch, 
tight  and  closely  covered  with  a  wooden  or  metal  cover 
s->  as  to  wholly  prevent  leakage  or  smell;  or  to  use  any 
cart  or  vehicle  for  the  conveyance  or  removal  of  manure, 
rubbish,  or  street  sweepings  unless  the  said  cart  or  vehicle 
1  e  provided  with  a  canvas  cover  securely  fastened  over 
the  top  thereof,  and  be  so  constructed  as  to  prevent  the 
deposit  of  such  manure,  rubbish  or  street  sweepings,  or 
any  portion  thereof,  in  or  upon  the  streets  through  which 
such  cart  or  vehicle  may  be  driven. 

SEC.  17.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
engage  in  or  carry  on  the  business  of  hauling  or  re- 
moving garbage  or  waste  material  in  said  City  without 
first  obtaining  a  permit  from  the  Board  of  Public  Safety 
of  said  City  to  engage  in  or  carry  on  said  garbage 
business,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
engage  in  or  carry  on  such  business  without  first  having 
obtained  from  the  Eoard  of  Safety  of  said  City  a  certifi- 


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cate  to  the  effect  that  the  provisions  of  this  article  in 
regard  to  vehicles  for  said  business  have  been  complied 
with.  The  permit  and  certificate  herein  provided  for 
shall  be  revoked  unless  the  cart  or  wagon  shall  be  kept 
clean,  \\ell  painted  on  the  outside  and  marked  "Garbage 
Wagon." 

SEC.   1 8.     The  garbage  collectors  shall  call  regularly  Regular 
as  provided  in  this  article  at  all  dwellings,  residences,   collections 
boarding  houses,  restaurants,  hotels  and  business  houses 
and  other  places  where  garbage  is  produced  or  created 
in    said    City,    and    remove    therefrom   as    promptly   as 
possible   all   garbage   placed   in   the   can   or   receptacle 
provided  for  the  same  on  the  premises.    All  garbage  shall 
be   removed   in    such   manner   as   not  to   be   needlessly 
offensive    or    filthy    in    relation    to    any    person,    place, 
building,  premises  or  highway. 

SEC.  19.     In    all    cases    of    disputes    or    complaints  Disputes  or 
arising  as  to  or  concerning  the  place  where  the  recep-    complaints 
tacle  containing  garbage  shall  be  put  awaiting  removal  by 
the  garbage  collectors,  the  Health  Officer  shall  forthwith 
designate  the  place,  and  his  decision  shall  be  final. 

SEC.  20.     Maximum  rates  for  services  to  be  charged  Rates  for 
by  garbage  collectors  are  hereby  fixed  as  follows:  collection 

For  private  dwelling-houses: 

Garbage  removal     75  cents  per  month 

Ashes,  one  barrel 25  cents  per  month 

Waste  material,  one  barrel ...  25  cents  per  month 

For    hotels,    business   houses,   restaurants,   boarding, 
houses,  etc: 

Garbage,  ashes  and  waste  material  at  the  rate  of 
$1.25  per  cubic  yard,  provided  all  garbage  is 
placed  in  one  receptacle. 

SEC.  21.     No  person  or  persons  shall  erect,  maintain  Distance  of 
or  use  any  barn,  stable,  chicken  or  pigeon  house  or  pen  in   outbuildings 
which  animals  or  fowl  are  kept  within  forty  feet  of  the     ™mises   of 
dwelling  house  of  another.     Provided,  however,  that  any  another* 
person  who  finds  that  it  is  impossible  from  the  size  of  his 
lot  or  premises  to  so  erect  or  maintain  such  outbuildings 
for  said  purposes  at  a  distance  of  forty  feet  from  the 
dwelling  house  of  another  may  apply  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Safety  of  said  City  for  a  permit  to  erect  or  main- 
tain such  outbuilding  at  a  less  distance  than  above  pro- 
vided from  the  dwelling  of  another. 

SEC.  22.     Upon     receiving     such     application,     the   Permit  of 
Health  Officer  shall  go  upon  the  premises  and  investigate   Health 
the  proposed  location  of  such  outbuilding,  and  may  grant  officer 


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a  permit  for  the  erection  or  maintenance  of  such  out- 
building under  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  pre- 
vention of  the  escape  of  obnoxious  odors  and  gases  and 
the  maintenance  of  a  sanitary  condition  as  he  may 
prescribe  in  writing,  to  which  the  person  applying  must 
consent  in  writing. 

Thereafter,  any  person  who,  in  the  use  of  said  out- 
buildings, fails  to  comply  with  said  rules  and  regulations 
shall  be  deemed  to  maintain  a  nuisance  and  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  the  fines  and  penalties  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  23.  Any  person  who  refuses  or  neglects  to 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  Sections  I,  2  and  3  of 
this  article  within  five  days  after  the  notice  provided  in 
Section  5  is  given,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor. 

SEC.  24.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  article,  either  by  act  or  omission,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  and 
not  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment 
ivot  exceeding  one  hundred  days  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  XI 

GOVERNING  THE  SALE  OF  TOBACCO,,  CIG- 
ARETTES, OR  CIGARETTE  PAPERS  OR  ANY 
PREPARATION  OF  TOBACCO  IN  THE  CITY 
OF  PALO  ALTO. 

Sale  of  SEC.  I.     Every   person,    firm    or    corporation    which 

tobacco,  etc.  sells'  or  gives  or  in  any  way  furnishes  to  another  person 
to  minors  wno  is  in  fact  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  any 
and  penalty  tobaccOi  cigarettes  or  cigarette  papers,  or  any  other  prep- 
aration of  tobacco,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  for  the  first  offense 
by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  not 
more  than  sixty  days ;  and  for  the  second  offense  by  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  ninety 
days ;  and  for  each  subsequent  offense  by  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  one  hundred  dollars  and  not  more  than  three 
hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  less  than 
ninety  days,  nor  more  than  six  months,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment. 


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Sue.  2.     Every    person,    firm    or    corporation    which   Ordinance 
sells  or  deals  in  tobacco  or  any  preparation  thereof  shall   to  be 
post  conspicuously  and  keep  so  posted  in  his  or  their   P°ste< 
place  of  business  a  copy  of  Section  I  of  this  article,  and 
any  such  person  failing  to  do  so  shall,  upon  conviction, 
he  punished  by  a  fine  of  five  dollars  for  the  first  offense, 
and  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  succeeding  violation  of 
this  provision,  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than 
thirty  days. 

SEC.  3.     No  tobacco,   cigars,  cigarettes  or  cigarette   Sale  ot- 
paper  shall  be  sold  within  one  thousand  feet  of  any  public   tobacco,   etc. 
school  house  or  high  school  building  in  the  City  of  Palo   near   school 
Alto.  houses 

SEC.  4.  Any  corporation,  company  or  person  violat-  penalty 
ing  the  provisions  of  Section  3  of  this  article  shall  be 
deeired  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  three  hundred 
dollars  or  1  y  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
ninety  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  XII 
GOVERNING  HYPNOTIC  EXHIBITIONS 

SEC.  i.     It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  unlawful  for  any   Forbidding 
person,   other   than   a    regularly   licensed   physician,   to    hypnotism 
place  another  person  under  the  influence  of  hypnotism 
within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  expose   Exhibiting 
another   person   either   publicly   or   privately   under  the    hypnotic 
influence  of  hypnotism,  or  while  represented  to  be  under   subJects 
the  influence  of  hypnotism,  in  any  place  in  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Penalty 
article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceed- 
ing one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period 
not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  XIII 
GOVERNING    MOVING    PICTURE    SHOWS 

SEC.   i.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  com-    Restrict;. >• 
pany   or   corporation   to   exhibit   at   any   entertainment, 


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Misde- 
meanor 

Powers    of 
Board    of 
Public 
Safety 


Penalty 


performance  or  show  any  moving  pictures  representing 
prize  fights,  glove  contests,  assaults,  lewd  or  obscene 
conduct  or  acts,  criives  of  violence,  the  enacting  of  any 
crime  or  any  act  forbidden  by  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
California. 

SEC.  2.  The  exhibition  of  any  moving  picture  show 
hereby  declared  to  be  unlawful  shall  constitute  a  mis- 
demeanor. 

SEC.  3.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  or  any  member 
or  officer  thereof  shall  have  full  authority  to  enter  any 
place  of  amusement  in  the  City  where  moving  picture 
shows  are  exhibited  and  prevent  the  exhibition  of  any 
moving  picture  hereby  declared  unlawful. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person,  company  or  corporation  vio- 
lating the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars 
or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceeding  ninety 
days  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  XIV 

GOVERNING  PUBLIC  LAUNDRIES  AND  WASH 
HOUSES,  ENGINES,  BOILERS,  OIL  STOR- 
AGE TANKS,  HOSPITALS,  UNDERTAKING 
ESTABLISHMENTS,  PLANING  MILLS, 
STABLES,  HALLS  FOR  PUBLIC  ENTER- 
TAINMENTS, MACHINE  SHOPS,  JUNK 
YARDS,  STORAGE  YARDS  AND  SPUR 
TRACKS. 

Permit  SEC.   i.     It  shall  be  unlawful   for  any  person,   firm 

or  corporation  to  establish  and  maintain  on  any  premises 
within  the  City  limits  of  Palo  Alto,  any  public  laundry  or 
wash  house,  engine,  boiler,  oil  storage  tank,  hospital, 
undertaking  establishment,  planing  mill,  public  stable,  hall 
for  public  entertainment  for  which  an  admission  fee  is 
charged,  junk  yard,  storage  yard,  machine  shop  or  spur 
track  without  first  obtaining  a  permit  therefor  from  the 
Board  of  Public  Works,  specifying  the  name  of  the 
permittee  and  the  location  of  the  premises  to  be  used 
for  such  purpose. 

Purposes  of  SEC.  2.  Whenever  application  is  made  to  the 
setrmforth  hi  Board  of  Public  Works  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  by  any 
application  *"  person,  firm  or  corporation  for  any  of  the  above  purposes, 


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the  same  shall  be  in  writing  setting  forth  in  detail  the 
purposes  for  which  the  permit  is  to  be  granted.  Said 
written  application  must  be  signed  by  the  owners  of  the 
property  to  be  used  for  said  purposes. 

The  applicant  shall  also  cause  to  be  posted  con- 
spicuously in  front  of  his  premises  a  notice  to  the  effect 
that  application  has  been  made  to  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  for  the  granting  of  such  permit,  and  setting  forth 
the  purposes  for  which  said  premises  are  to  be  used,  said 
notice  to  be  posted  immediately  after  the  filing  of  the 
application  and  kept  posted  for  at  least  two  weeks.  This 
provision  shall  not  apply  to  the  temporary  erection, 
maintenance  or  use  of  any  steam  engine  and  boiler  or 
steam  boiler  for  building  or  construction  purposes. 

SEC.  3.  If  the  application  is  for  the  erection  or 
use  of  any  steam  engine  or  boiler  or  steam  boiler,  said 
application  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  Board  of  Under- 
writers Inspector's  Certificate  of  the  soundness  of  such 
steam  engine  and  boiler  or  steam  boiler. 

SEC.  4.  Permits  for  the  erection,  maintenance  and 
use  of  steam  engines  and  boilers  or  steam  boilers  are 
not  transferable  and  may  be  revoked  by  the  Board  of 
Public  Works,  when  defective,  unsound,  or  a  menace 
to  public  safety. 

SEC.  5.  Any  person,  company,  or  corporation 
making  application  as  aforesaid  and  failing  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  hereinbefore  specified,  shall  be  denied 
the  permit  sought  in  said  application. 

SEC.  6.  No  gas  works,  electric  lighting  plant, 
laundry,  factory,  foundry,  or  manufactory  requiring 
steam,  lumber  mill  or  yard,  planing  mill,  or  engine  or 
boiler  in  connection  with  the  foregoing  establishments, 
oil  storage  tank  in  excess  of  fifteen  hundred  gallons,  junk 
yard,  veterinary  hospital,  storage  yard  where  lumber, 
building  material,  poles,  wires,  ties,  rails  and  similar 
materials  are  kept,  or  spur  track,  shall  be  built  or  main- 
tained at  any  place  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City 
of  Palo  Alto,  except  in  blocks  102,  105,  106  and  109,  and 
those  blocks  or  portions  of  blocks  of  Palo  Alto  bounded 
by  Hamilton  avenue,  Ramona  street,  Addison  avenue, 
and  Alma  street,  and  being  the  southwesterly  half  of 
blocks  n,  10,  9  and  "E"  and  all  of  blocks  "A,"  8,  7 
and  6. 

The  above  shall  constitute  a  district  within  which 
said  places  or  businesses  may  be  erected  and  maintained, 
and  rio  rermit  shall  be  granted  for  the  erection  or  main- 
tenance of  ^aid  places  outside  of  said  district  and  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  City. 


Posting    of 
application 


Permit  for 
steam   engine 
or    boiler 


Permits 
to  be 
revoked 


Non- 
compliance 


Restrictions 

upon 

location 


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Penalty  SEC.  7.     Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  that  shall 

violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  three  hundred  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  three  months,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


Number  of 
exits 


Compliance 


Locking    exit 
doors  during 
assemblage 


Obstructing 
aisles,     etc. 


ARTICLE  XV 

EXITS,    AISLES,    PASSAGEWAYS,    CORRIDORS 
AND  STAIRWAYS  IN  PUBLIC  BUILDINGS 

SEC.  i.  All  theatres  and  public  halls  now  con- 
structed, or  hereafter  to  be  constructed  in  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto,  shall  be  provided  with  at  least  two  means  of 
exit  from  the  assembly  hall  to  the  sidewalk,  one  of  which 
may  be  a  fire  escape. 

SEC.  2.  All  doors  to  exits  leading  from  such  build- 
ings shall  swing  freely  outward;  provided,  however, 
that  where  such  doors  are  so  constructed  as  to  swing 
freely  outward  and  inward  to  their  full  extent  during  all 
the  time  of  the  assemblage  of  persons  in  such  bulding,  so 
that  a  free  passageway  shall  be  open  at  all  times  to  the 
street,  then  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  deemed 
complied  with. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  lessee,  manager, 
owner  or  person  in  charge  of  any  church,  assembly  hall, 
or  other  public  building  within  said  City  to  permit  any 
exit  door  to  be  locked  or  fastened  immediately  preceding, 
during  or  immediately  after  any  service,  performance, 
lecture,  exhibition,  concert,  ball  or  other  public  gather- 
ing. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
obstruct  any  aisle,  passage-way,  corridor  or  stairway  of 
any  church,  assembly  hall  or  other  public  building  in 
said  City,  and  used  for  the  purpose  of  worship,  instruc- 
tion, entertainment  or  public  assemblage,  by  standing 
in  or  occupying  said  aisles,  passage-ways,  corridors 
or  stairways  during  or  preparatory  to  any  service,  per- 
formance, exhibition,  lecture,  concert,  ball  or  other  public 
gathering,  or  by  placing  therein  any  chair,  settee,  camp 
stool  or  other  obstruction.  And  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
the  lessee,  manager,  owner  or  person  in  charge  of  such 
building  to  suffer,  allow  or  permit  any  such  obstruction. 

Aisles  shall  be  defined  as  the  space  between  seats,  or 
between  the  seats  and  wall,  which  shall  not  be  less  than 
32  inches. 


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SEC.  5.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  Penalty 
of  this  article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment 
for  a  period  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  XVI 

(lOYERNrNG  VEHICLES  OF  EVERY  DESCRIP- 
TION 

SEC.   i.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  drive,   Speed  Of 
operate  or  propel  any  wagon,  carriage,  vehicle,  motor   vehicles 
vehicle,   automobile,   bicycle,   motor   cycle  or  motor  bi- 
cycle, or  other  riding  machine  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed  than 
one  mile  in  six  minutes,  and  any  person  operating,  pro- 
pelling or  driving  any  such  vehicle  at  any  higher  rate  of 
speed  than  one  mile  in  six  minutes  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  drive,  signals 
operate  or  propel  any  motor  vehicle,  automobile,  motor 
cycle  or  motor  bicycle,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  without  having  attached  to  the  same 
a  bell,  gong  or  horn  in  good  working  order  and  sufficient 
to  give  warning  of  the  approach  of  such  vehicle  to  pedes- 
trians, and  to  riders  and  drivers  of  other  vehicles  and  to 
horses  and  other  animals,  and  to  persons  entering  or 
leaving  the  street  cars.  Such  bell,  gong  or  horn  shall  be 
sounded  when  approaching  pedestrians  who  may  be  on 
or  passing  over  the  roadway  of  any  street,  such  sounding 
or  ringing  to  begin  a  reasonable  time  before  reaching 
such  person  or  persons,  and  such  bell,  gong  or  horn 
shall  be  sounded  clearly  from  any  street  crossing  at  any 
street  intersection  before  passing  over  the  same. 

SEC.  7.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  rider  or  riders   „ 

j    •  i   .  -  ....  J  ,.,  The   law    of 

or  driver  or  drivers  of  any  vehicle  or  motor  vehicle  men-  the  road 
tioned  in  Section  I,  to  ride  upon  any  street,  lane  or  alley 
of  the  City  to  the  left  side  of  the  center  line  of  said 
highways,  except  to  cross  over  said  highways  for  the  pur- 
pose of  stopping  upon  the  left-hand  side  of  said  highways, 
it  being  ordered  that  the  custom  or  usage  known  as  "The 
Law  of  the  Road"  and  obtaining  among  the  American 
people  relative  to  riding,  to  the  overtaking  and  passing  of 
vehicles  and  ridden  animals,  shall  obtain  for  all  vehicles 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Driving 
from    streets, 
lanes, 
alleys,    etc. 


Lamps  on 
autos.    etc. 


Railway    cars 
speed 


Sounding 
gongs    on 
cars    at    all 
crossings 


referred  to  and  described  in  this  article,  and  for  the  rider 
or  riders,  and  driver  or  drivers  thereof,  and  be  the  law 
in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  rider  or  riders, 
or  driver  or  drivers  of  any  vehicle  or  motor  vehicle 
mentioned  in  Section  i,  to  ride  or  drive  any  of  said 
vehicles  from  any  street,  lane  or  alley  into  any  intersect- 
ing street,  lane  or  alley,  by  turning  nearer  to  the  curb- 
corner  than  four  feet.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  ride  or 
propel  any  vehicle  or  motor  vehicle  mentioned  in  Section 
I,  so  that  in  turning  from  any  street,  lane  or  alley  into 
any  intersecting  street,  lane  or  alley,  the  vehicle  will  be 
ridden  or  driven  upon  the  left  hand  of  the  said  last  named 
highway,  except  for  the  purpose  of  stopping  and  dis- 
mounting within  fifty  feet  from  the  curb-corner  referred 
to.  In  all  such  changing  of  direction,  where  the  change 
requires  a  street  or  way  to  be  crossed  to  reach  the  right 
hand  side  of  the  new  direction,  the  rider  or  riders,  driver 
or  drivers,  must  make  the  change  of  direction  at  or 
beyond  the  junction  of  the  center  line  of  such  intersecting 
highways  and  not  before,  as  prevailing  conditions  will 
permit,  except  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  drive 
or  propel  any  automobile  or  motor  vehicle  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  without  having 
attached  to  the  front  of  said  automobile  or  motor  vehicle 
one  or  more  lamps,  which  shall  show  a  light  during  the 
period  from  one  hour  after  sunset  to  one  hour  before 
sunrise,  and  also  at  least  one  lamp  on  the  rear  of  said 
automobile  or  motor  vehicle,  which  shall  show  a  light 
during  the  same  period. 

A  motor  cycle  or  motor  bicycle  shall  have  at  least 
one  lamp  on  said  machine,  which  shall  show  a  light 
during  the  same  period,  while  being  propelled  upon  any 
street  or  highway. 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  as 
motorman  or  conductor  or  otherwise,  to  run  or  operate 
any  street  railway  car  across  or  around  street  intersec- 
tions in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed 
than  ten  miles  per  hour. 

SEC.  7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  as 
motorman,  conductor  or  otherwise,  having  charge  of  any 
street  railway  car  to  allow  it  to  be  propelled  across  any 
street  within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  without  having 
sounded  said  car's  alarm  gong  or  bell  while  within  a 
distance  of  not  more  than  one  hundred  feet  nor  less  than 
fifty  feet  from  the  street  about  to  be  crossed. 

SEC.  8.     It    is     hereby    declared   unlawful    for   any 


POLICE    REGULATIONS  97 

motorman,   gripman,   conductor,   or   other   person   oper-   passing 

ating,  controlling  or  having  charge  of  any  street  railway  another  car 

car  or  cars,  operating  in  the  streets  of  the  City  of  Palo 

Alto,  to  cause,  permit  or  allow  the  same  to  pass  another 

car  or  cars  within  the  intersection  of  any  cross  street  or 

within  twenty-five  feet  of  either  side  of  the  intersection 

of  any  cross  street. 

SEC.  9.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  drive  Reckless 
or  propel  any  wigon,  carriage,  car,  vehicle,  motor  vehicle,   driving 
automol  ile,  bicycle,  motor  cycle  or  motor  bicycle  in  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  in  a  manner  reckless  and  dangerous  to 
cither  person  or  property. 

SEC.  10.  The  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  Penalty 
article  by  any  person,  motorman,  conductor,  owner, 
chauffeur,  or  operator  or  driver  of  any  wagon,  carriage 
vehicle,  street  car,  motor  vehicle,  automobile,  bicycle, 
motor  cycle  or  motor  bicycle  shall  be  deemed  a  misde- 
meanor, punishable  upon  conviction  thereof  by  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  three  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  ninety  'days, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  XVII 

BILL  POSTING,  PLACING  OF  SIGNS,  PAINT- 
ING AND  POSTING  OF  ADVERTISING 
MATTER 

SEC.,  i.     It    is   hereby    declared   to   be    unlawful    for   Bill-board 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  paint,  post,  put  up  or   advertising 
display  any  sign,   bill  poster,   picture,   lithograph,   map, 
plat,  sample  or  other  device  for  advertising  purposes  of 
any  kind,  upon  any  bill  board,  fence,  post,  pole  or  tree 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  ex- 
cept as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  2.     It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  unlawful  for  any   Regulation 
person,   firm  or  corporation,  to   paint,  post,   put  up   or   of  same 
display   any   sign,   bill   poster,   picture,   lithograph,   plat, 
map,  sample  or  other  device  for  any  advertising  purposes 
of  any  kind  upon  any  wall  or  building  without  the  express 
permission  of  the  occupant,   owner,   lessee   or      person 
having  possession  thereof,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  3.     It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  unlawful  for  any   Erection   of 
person,  firm  or  corporation  to  construct,  erect  or  permit   bill-boards, 
to  exist,  use  or  permit  to  be  used,  any  bill  board  or  bulletin   etc' 
board  for  advertising  purposes,  upon  any  lot,  piece  or 


98 


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Construction 
of   article 


Penalty 


parcel  of  land  within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  except  where 
said  bill  board  or  bulletin  board  is  fixed  or  located  on  a 
place  of  business  conducted  in  said  City  of  Palo  Alto,  and 
is  used  solely  for  advertising  said  business. 

SEC.  4.  The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  not  be 
construed  to  prohibit  or  include  any  notice  or  advertise- 
irent  prescribed  or  required  by  law  in  any  case,  or  any 
notice  posted  by  any  lawful  officer. 

SEC.  5.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  thirty  days  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  XVIII 


Destruction 
of  trees, 
shrubs,    etc. 


Penalty 


PROTECTION      OF      TREES,      SHRUBS      AND 
PLANTS 

SEC.  I.  No  person,  unless  duly  authorized  so  to  do 
by  the  Board  of  Public  Works,  shall  in  any  manner 
destroy,  tear  up,  break  or  injure  in  any  manner,  any 
tree,  ornamental  shrub  or  plant  growing  upon  any  of  the 
public  lands,  streets,  avenues,  alleys  or  sidewalks  of 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not 
exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprison- 
ment. 


ARTICLE  XIX 

PROVIDING   FOR   A   BOND   IN   CASE   OF  VIO- 
LATION OF  AN  ORDINANCE 

SEC.  i.  When  any  person  is  arrested  for  violating 
ofTrrestlor  any  ordinance  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  the  Police  Judge 
violating  or  magistrate  before  whom  the  person  charged  with  the 
any  violation  of  the  ordinance  is  brought,  may  require  of  the 

of     defendant  a  bond  in  a  penal  sum  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
Palo   Alto       five  dollars  or  more  than  three  hundred  dollars,  payable 


Bond  in  case 


POLICE    REGULATIONS  99 

to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  and  conditioned  to  the  effect  that 
the  defendant  will  not  violate  or  continue  to  violate 
the  ordinance  under  which  he  is  charged  by  committing 
the  same  act  or  similar  acts  during  the  pendency  of  the 
trial.  The  fact  that  the  defendant  is  required  to  give  said 
bond  shall  not  in  any  way  affect  the  rights  of  the  defend- 
ant at  the  trial  of  the  case. 


PART  IV 

PUBLIC  HEALTH 


General 
provisions 


Nuisance 
denned   by 
Board    of 
Public 
Safety 

Misde- 
meanor 


Notice    to 
non-resi- 
dents   and 
others 


ARTICLE  I 
GENERAL  HEALTH  REGULATIONS 

SEC.  i.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  shall  have 
charge  of  the  public  health  of  the  City,  and  for  this 
purpose  shall  establish  all  needful  rules  and  regulations 
necessary  to  preserve  the  health  of  the  City,  and  shall 
exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  of  boards  of 
health  of  cities  as  prescribed  by  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
California,  which  laws  are  made  a  part  hereof  insofar  as 
they  do  not  conflict  with  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  2.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  is  hereby  vested 
with  power  to  act  upon,  define,  determine  and  adjudge 
what  shall  constitute  a  nuisance  in  said  City,  and  to  re- 
quire the  same  to  be  abated  in  a  summary  manner.  Any 
person  who  maintains,  permits  or  allows  a  nuisance  to 
exist  upon  his  or  her  property  or  premises,  after  the 
same  has  been  determined  by  the  said  Board  to  be  a 
nuisance,  and  after  notice  to  remove  the  same  has  been 
served  upon  such  person,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  accordingly;  and 
each  day  of  the  existence  of  s-uch  nuisance  after  notice 
shall  he  deemed  a  separate  and  distinct  offense,  and  it  is 
the  duty  of  the  Health  Officer  to  prosecute  all  persons 
guilty  of  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  by  con- 
tinuous prosecutions  until  such  unlawful  nuisance  is 
abated  or  removed. 

Whenever  a  nuisance  shall  exist  on  the  property  of 
any  non-resident,  or  on  any  property,  the  owner  or  owners 
of  which  cannot  be  found  by  the  Health  Officer,  after 
diligent  search,  or  on  the  property  of  any  owner  or 
owners  upon  whom  due  notice  may  have  been  served,  and 


PUBLIC    HEALTH  IOI- 

who  shall,  for  three  days,  refuse  or  neglect  to  abate  the 
same,  or  on  any  City  property,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Board  (if  Public  Safety  to  cause  the  said  nuisance  to  be 
at  once  removed  or  abated,  and  to  draw  upon  the  Health 
Incidental  Fund  for  such  sums  as  may  be  required  for 
its  removal  or  abatement,  not  to  exceed  one  hundred 
dollars ;  provided,  that  whenever  a  larger  expenditure  is 
found  necessary  to  be  made  for  the  removal  or  sup- 
pression of  any  nuisance,  the  Council  of  said  City  shall, 
upon  written  application  of  the  Board  of  Public  Safety, 
transfer  from  the  General  Fund  to  the  Health  Incidental 
Fund,  such  sum  or  sums  as  may  be  necessary  for  that 
purpose.  Said  sum  or  sums  so  paid  shall  become  a  lien 
upon  the  property  from  which  said  nuisance  has  been 
removed  or  abated,  in  pursuance  of  this  section,  and  may 
be  recovered  by  an  action  against  such  property. 

And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Attorney  to  fore-  Duty  of 
close  all  such  liens  in  the  proper  court,  in  the  name  of  and  the  City 
for  the  benefit  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  and,  when  the   Attorney 
property  is  sold,  enough  of  the  proceeds  shall  be  paid  into 
the  City  Treasury  to  satisfy  the  lien  and  costs  (such  sums 
to  be  accredited  to  the  fund  from  which  the  expenditure 
was  made)  and  the  overplus,  if  any  there  be,  shall  be  paid 
to  the  owner  of  the  property,  if  he  be  known,  and  if  not, 
then  into  the  court  for  his  use  when  his  identity  is  estab- 
lished. 

SEC.  3.  Whenever  it  shall  be  certified  to  the  Board 
of  Public  Safety  by  the  Health  Officer  that  any  building, 
or  part  thereof,  is  unfit  for  human  habitation  by  reason  of 
its  ^eing  so  infected  with  disease  as  to  be  likely  to  cause 
Mckiiess  among  the  occupants,  or  has  become  dangerous 
to  life  by  reason  of  its  want  of  repair,  said  Board  may 
issue  an  order  and  cause  the  same  to  be  affixed  conspicu- 
ously on  the  building,  or  the  part  thereof  which  is  unfit  for 
human  habitation,  and  to  be  personally  served  upon  the 
owner,  agent  or  lessee,  if  the  same  can  be  found  in  this 
State,  requiring  all  persons  therein  to  vacate  such 
building,  for  reasons  to  be  stated  in  said  notice  as  afore- 
said. Such  building,  or  part  thereof,  shall  be  vacated 
within  ten  days  thereafter,  or  within  such  shorter  time, 
not  less  than  twenty-fours  hours,  as  in  said  notice  may 
be  specified;  but  said  Board  if  it  shall  become  satisfied 
that  the  danger  from  said  house  or  part  thereof,  has 
ceased  to  exist,  may  revoke  said  order,  and  it  shall  thence- 
forward become  inoperative. 

SEC.  4.     (a)   Every  physician  in  said  City  shall  report 
immediately  to  the  Health  Officer,  every  patient  he  shall 


102 


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Physicians 
to    report 
patients    who 
have    contag- 
ious   diseases 

Diseased 
lodgers    to 
be    reported 

Confinement 
of   persons 
afflicted  with 
dangerous 
diseases 


Rules  and 
regulations 
concerning 
quarantine 


Vaccination 


Certificate   of 
death 


Supervision 
of    death 
record    by 
Board    of 
Public 
Safety 


have  suffering  from  an  infectious  or  contagious  disease, 
and  report  to  said  officer  every  case  of  death  from  such 
disease  immediately  after  it  shall  have  occurred. 

(b)  The  head  of  every  household  in  said  City,  shall 
forthwith  report  to  the  Health  Officer  the  name  of 
every  boarder  or  inmate  whom  he  shall  have  reason  to 
believe  sick  of  any  infectious  or  contagious  disease,  and 
any  deaths  occurring  therein  from  such  disease. 

SEC.  5.  Whenever  a  case  of  infectious  or  conta- 
gious disease  shall  exist  in  any  house  or  tenement,  and 
it  shall  be  deemed  inexpedient  to  remove  the  person  or 
persons  so  affected  to  the  proper  hospital,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Health  Officer  to  require  all  such  persons  to 
be  kept  closely  confined  in  their  respective  dwellings,  or 
places  of  abode,  and  he  shall  immediately  cause  to  be 
erected  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  front  of  such  dwelling 
or  place  of  abode,  a  suitable  notice,  setting  forth  the  fact, 
and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  occupants  thereof,  or 
any  other  person  to  remove  such  notice  so  long  as,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Health  Officer,  the  same  ought  to  remain 
on  the  said  premises. 

SEC.  6.  Section  13  of  "an  act  to  amend  sections 
2,  3,  13  and  21  of  an  act  entitled  'an  act  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  public  health  of  the  people  of  the  State  of 
California,  and  empowering  the  State  Board  of  Health  to 
enforce  its  provisions,  and  providing  penalties  for  the 
violation  thereof"  approved  April  i,  1911,  shall  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  adopted  and  made  the  rules  and 
requirements  to  be  observed  in  all  cases  of  quarantine  in 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  and  said  section  13  is  hereby  made 
a  part  of  this  article. 

SEC.  7.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  shall  enforce 
compulsory  vaccination  whenever  in  their  judgment  it 
may  become  necessary. 

SEC.  8.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
bury  within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  or  to  remove  beyond 
the  City  limits  for  burial,  the  body  of  any  deceased  per- 
son without  first  having  filed  with  the  Health  Officer 
a  certificate  of  death  signed  by  the  attending  physician. 

SEC.  9.  The  Board  of  Public  Safety  must  exercise 
a  general  supervision  over  the  death  records  of  said 
City  and  may  adopt  such  forms  and  regulations  for  the 
use  and  government  of  physicians,  undertakers,  and 
superintendents  of  cemeteries  as  in  their  judgment  may 
be  best  calculated  to  secure  reliable  statistics  of  the  mor- 
tality in  the  said  City  and  prevent  the  spread  of  disease. 

SEC.  10.     It    shall   be    unlawful    for    any   person   to 


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103 


resist  or  attempt  to  resist  the  entrance  of  any  member  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Safety  or  the  Health  Officer  into 
any  railroad  car,  stage,  vehicle,  room,  lot  or  other  place 
in  said  City  in  the  performance  of  his  duty,  or  for  any 
person  to  lease  any  house  or  premises  where  any  person 
is  or  has  been  sick  with  quarantinable,  contagious  or 
infectious  disease,  as  mentioned  in  section  above,  without 
having  first  obtained  permission  so  to  do  from  the  Board 
of  Public  Safety,  or  for  any  person  to  refuse  to  obey  any 
lawful  order  of  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  when  made 
in  the  performance  of  duties  or  powers  conferred  by  law 
or  by  Charter,  or  by  this  article. 

SEC.  ii.  No  person  shall  expose  or  offer  for  sale, 
or  sell  for  human  food,  any  blown,  meager,  diseased  or 
bad  meat,  poultry  or  game,  unsound,  diseased  or  un- 
wholesome fish,  meat,  vegetables  or  other  market  pro- 
duct, or  bring  within  the  City  for  sale,  or  sell,  any  sick 
or  diseased  animal  that  died  a  natural  or  accidental 
death. 

SEC.  12.  Any  article  or  animal  that  shall  be  offered 
for  sale  or  exhibited  in  any  market  or  elsewhere  as 
though  it  were  intended  for  sale,  shall  be  deemed  offered 
and  exposed  for  sale  within  the  intent  and  meaning  of 
this  article. 

SEC.  13.  Any  person  who,  in  violation  of  the  pre- 
ceding sections  of  this  article,  shall  bring  within  the  City, 
slaughter  or  sell  or  expose  for  sale  any  article  or  animal 
which  is  unfit  or  unsafe  for  human  food  shall  forfeit 
the  same  to  the  City,  and  the  Chief  of  Police  or  his 
deputy  shall  seize  and  forthwith  remove  the  same,  at 
the  expense  of  the  owner,  in  such  manner  and  under 
such  directions  of  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  as  will 
insure  the  safety  and  protection  of  the  public  health. 

SEC.  14.  Every  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  article  or  any  of  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations made  and  established  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  under  and  by  virtue  of  this  article,  or  shall  fail 
or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  lawful  order  or  direction 
of  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  or  Health  Officer  without 
delay,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceed- 
ing one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  perio'd 
not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. 


Resisting 
Board   of 
Public 
Safety 


Unwhole- 
some 
foodstuffs 


Goods 

offered 

sale 


for 


Chief  of 
Police   to 
seize    un- 
wholesome 
foodstuffs 


Penalty 


IO4 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


ARTICLE    II 
MILK     AND     CREAM 


Permit 


Application 


Regulation 
of   permits 


Milk    from 

diseased 

cows 


SEC.  i.  No  person  shall  sell,  expose  or  offer  for 
sale,  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  any  milk  or  cream  with- 
out a  permit  so  to  do  from  the  Board  of  Public  Safety 
of  said  City,  except  as  provided  in  Section  3  hereof. 

SEC.  2.  Application  for  such  permit  shall  be  made 
on  a  blank  furnished  by  said  Board  and  shall  be  accom- 
panied by  such  information  as  said  Board  may  require, 
of  the  premises  which  are  used  or  intended  to  be  used  in 
connection  with  the  production,  storage  and  shipment  of 
such  milk  or  cream,  and  of  the  cows  which  are  used,  or 
intended  to  be  used  for  the-  production  of  such  milk  or 
cream. 

The  Board  shall,  upon  receipt  of  such  application  in 
clue  form,  make  or  cause  to  be  made,  an  examination 
of  the  premises  and  milk  cows,  and  if  after  such  examin- 
ation the  said  Board  shall  approve  of  such  premises  and 
cows,  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  shall  issue,  without 
charge,  such  permit  as  is  hereinbefore  specified. 

SEC.  3.  It  is  hereby  provided  that  no  applicant  shall 
be  restrained  from  conducting  business  until  his  applica- 
tion has  been  acted  upon  by  the  Board  of  Public  Safety, 
but  that  no  applicant  whose  application  has  been  rejected 
shall  be  permitted  to  file  a  new  application  within  ten 
days  after  the  date  of  such  rejection,  and  any  such  new 
application  shall  not  be  considered  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  unless  accompanied  by  the  payment  of  five  dollars 
to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto ;  and  it  is  provided  further  that 
any  permit  may  be  suspended  or  revoked  at  any  time 
without  previous  notice  by  said  Board,  whenever  in  the 
judgment  of  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  the  applicant 
neglects  or  refuses  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this 
article. 

SEC.  4.  No  person  shall  sell,  exchange  or  deliver, 
in  said  City,  or  have  in  his  possession,  with  intent  to 
sell,  exchange  or  deliver,  any  milk  or  cream  taken  from 
any  cow  less  than  fifteen  days  before  or  ten  days  after 
calving,  or  from  any  cow  which  is  suffering  from  any 
general  or  local  disease,  condition  or  injury  which  is 
liable  to  render  the  milk  or  cream  from  said  cow 
unwholesome,  or  from  any  cow  insufficiently  fed,  or  fed 


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on  any  substance  liable  to  injuriously  >affect  the  milk  or 
cream  from  such  cow ;  and  the  presence,  on  any  premises 
on  which  milk  or  cream  is  produced  for  sale  in  said  City, 
of  any  cow  which  is  suffering  from  any  general  or  local 
disease,  condition  or  injury  which  is  liable  to  render  the 
milk  or  cream  from  said  cow  unwholesome,  or  of  any 
cow  which  is  insufficiently  fed  or  has  been  fed  on  any 
substance  liable  to  injuriously  affect  the  quality  of  the 
milk  or  cream,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  intent  to 
sell  such  milk  or  cream  and  of  producing,  holding  and 
offering  such  milk  or  cream  for  sale. 

SEC.  5.     No  person  shall  in  said  City  sell  any  milk  Unwhole 
or  creim,  or  hold  or  offer  any  milk  or  cream  for  sale,    some  miik 
which  is  not  clean  and  wholesome  and  free  from  foreign 
substances,   nor   unless   the   same   has   been   cooled   im- 
mediately after  coming  into  his  possession  sufficiently  to 
remove  the  animal  heat  by  a  process  satisfactory  to  the 
Board  of  Public  Safety,  nor  under  any  misrepresenta- 
tion in  respect  thereof  as  to  name  or  quality,  or  as  being 
what  the  same  is  not  as  respects  wholesomeness,  sound- 
ness or  safety. 

SEC.  6.     No  person  shall,  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  f 

sell  or  exchange  or  expose  or  offer  for  sale  or  exchange,  ^i^1 3 
any  milk  or  cream  unless  the  same  be  pure,  and  free  from 
preservatives ;  nor  any  milk  from  which  a  part  of  the 
cream  has  been  removed,  or  milk  containing  less  than 
three-and-one-half  per  centum  of  butter  fat,  unless  the 
same  be  plainly  marked  and  sold  as  skimmed  milk. 

SEC.  7.     No  person  shall,  in  said  City;  sell,  exchange  Q    lit    of 
or  deliver,  or  have  in  his  custody  or  possession,  with    creamy 
intent   to   sell,   exchange   or   deliver,   cream   containing 
less  than  eighteen  per  centum  of  butter  fat. 

SEC.  8.  Every  person  in  said  City  selling,  ex- 
changing or  delivering  milk  or  cream,  or  having  the  same  5 
in  his  custody  or  possession  to  sell,  exchange  or  deliver, 
shall  furnish  to  said  Board  of  Public  Safety,  or  its  duly 
authorized  representative,  who  shall  apply  to  him  for  the 
purpose,  a  sample  sufficient  for  the  purpose  of  testing. 

SEC.  9.     No  person  shall  sell,  exchange,  deliver  or 
buy  any  cow  to  be  used  for  the  production  of  milk  or    and°  sate   of 
creim  for  sale  in  said  City,  knowing  that  such  cow  is   diseased 
unfit  for  that  purpose  by  reason  of  disease  or  injury;   cows 
and  whenever  any  veterinary  surgeon  duly  authorized  by 
said  Board  of  Public  Safety  to  act  as  its  inspector,  shall 
in  the  course  of  inspections  made   under  authority  of 
this  act,  find  any  cow  on  any  premises  on  which  milk 
or  cream  is  produced  for  sale  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  in 


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Board    to 
notified 


such  condition  as  to  be  permanently  unfit  for  the  pro- 
duction of  such  milk  or  cream,  he  shall  mark  such  cow 
so  as  to  enable  it  to  be  permanently  identified  as  inspected 
and  condemned  by  said  Board,  and  no  person  shall 
remove  or  deface  such  mark  or  cause  any  such  mark  to 
be  removed  or  defaced  without  written  authority  from 
the  said  Board. 

Diseased  SEC.  io.     No  person  suffering  from  any  communi- 

persons  cable  disease,  or  who  is  liable  to  communicate  any  such 

disease  to  other  persons,  shall  assist  in  or  about  the  pro- 
duction of  milk  or  cream  for  sale  in  said  City,  or  in  or 
about  the  sale  thereof.  No  person  having  power  and 
authority  to  prevent  shall  knowingly  permit  any  person 
aforesaid  to  work  in  or  about  the  production  or  sale  of 
milk. 

be  SEC.  ii.  Every  person  holding  a  permit  to  sell  milk 
or  cream,  or  to  hold,  offer  or  produce  milk  or  cream  for 
sale  in  said  City,  shall  notify  the  Board  of  Public  Safety 
of  the  occurrence  of  any  communicable  disease  what- 
soever among  the  persons  employed  by  him  in  connection 
with  the  business  authorized  by  such  permit,  or  among 
'persons  dwelling  on  premises  where  such  business  is 
conducted,  and  of  the  occurrence  of  any  communicable 
disease  among  cattle  on  the  premises  on  which  the  milk 
or  cream  sold  by  him  is  produced,  such  notice  to  be  for- 
warded to  said  Board  immediately  after  the  person 
holding  such  permit  shall  become  aware  of  the  existence 
of  any  such  disease  aforesaid. 

SEC.  12.  No  person  shall,  in  said  City,  use  any 
wagon  or  other  vehicle  for  the  delivery  of  milk  or  cream 
unless  such  wagon  or  vehicle  has  painted  on  or  affixed 
to  the  outside  thereof,  plainly  and  legibly,  and  so  that 
the  same  may  be  easily  read  by  passersby,  the  name  of  the 
dairy.  No  person  shall  use  any  wagon  or  other  vehicle 
for  the  delivery  of  milk  or  cream,  which  is  not  clean 
and  free  from  garbage  or  other  material  or  thing  liable 
to  contaminate  such  milk  or  cream. 

Sanitation  .SEC.  13.     The    Board    of    Public    Safety  is    hereby 

authorized  to  make  rules  and  regulations  to  secure  the 
proper  sanitation  of  all  premises  on  which  milk  or  cream 
is  sold,  held,  offered  or  produced  for  sale,  and  to  secure 
the  proper  care  of  such  milk  or  cream,  and  to  secure 
the  isolation  on  such  premises  of  cattle  suffering  from 
contagious  disease. 

SEC.  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety  and  of  its  duly  authorized  representatives  to 
enforce  the  provisions  of  this  article  and  of  all  regula- 


1  Delivery 
wagons 


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tions  made  by  authority  thereof.     And  said  Board  and   Powers 
representatives  are  hereby  authorized,  in  the  performance  of  the 
of  such  duty,  to  enter  and  inspect  all  places  in  said  City   |°£|£   c 
where   milk  or  cream   is   sold,   or  held,   offered  or  pro-   Safety 
duced  for  sale,  and  to  board  and  examine  all  wagons  and 
other  vehicles  and  to  stop  all  wagons  and  other  vehicles 
for  that  purpose.     No  person  shall  interfere  with  any 
such   representative   in   the   performance   of   his   official 
duty,  nor  hinder,  prevent  or  refuse  to  permit  any  in- 
spection or  examination  aforesaid. 

SEC.   15.     No   person    shall,   in    said    City,    counter- 

,.  .,  i  •     •*.*•  11-1  1  •      1  •       Counterfeit 

feit,  or  make  any  imitation  of,  or  publish,  or  have  in  his   permits 

possession   any  counterfeit  or   imitation   of  any  permit 
authorized  by  this  article. 

SEC.  1 6.  The  presence  in  or  about  the  place  of 
business  of  any  person  dealing  in  milk  or  cream,  or  in  or 
about  any  vehicle  used  by  any  such  person  for  the  delivery 
of  the  same,  of  any  milk  or  cream  which  is  forbidden 
by  law  to  be  sold  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  an 
intent  on  the  part  of  such  person  to  sell  the  same  and  of 
the  fact  that  he  is  holding  or  offering  the  same  for  sale. 

SEC.  17.  Every  person  selling  milk  or  cream  in  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  shall,  upon  request  of  the  Board  of  List 
Public  Safety,  furnish  said  Board,  on  a  blank  to  be 
supplied  by  it,  with  a  list  of  the  names  of  his  customers 
and  their  places  of  residence  by  street  and  house  number, 
and  with  a  list  of  dairymen  who  supply  him  with  milk 
or  cream  and  their  addresses. 

SEC.  1 8.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  article,  whether  acting  for  himself  or  as  the  agent  Penaity 
or  servant  of  another  person,  or  of  a  firm,  company  or 
corporation,  or  as  an  officer,  agent,  employee  or  repre- 
sentative of  any  municipal  corporation  or  of  the  State, 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five 
nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment 
for  a  term  of  not  more  than  ninety  days,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment.  Each  day  that  a  violation  of  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  continue,  and  each 
day  that  any  thing  forbidden  by  the  terms  hereof  to  be 
erected,  constructed,  maintained,  operated  or  permitted, 
shall  continue  to  exist  or  be  maintained,  operated  or  per- 
mitted, shall  constitute  a  separate  offense. 


PART  V 

REGULATING    CONSTRUCTION, 

ETC 


Sidewalk 
space 


Specifica- 
tions 


Name 

stamped    or 
imbedded    in 
cement 


Non-com- 
pliance 


ARTICLE  I 
SIDEWALKS 

SEC.  i.  The  width  of  the  space  for  sidewalks  in 
the  streets  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  is  hereby  established 
as  follows : 

(a)  In   all   streets   seventy-five  feet  wide,   at  fifteen 
feet,  except  that  the  sidewalk  space  on  University  avenue 
from  Alma  street  to  Waverly  street  shall  be  twelve  feet 
wide. 

(b)  In  all  streets  sixty  feet  wide,  at  twelve  feet. 

(c)  In  all  streets  fifty  feet  wide  or  less,  at  ten  feet. 
SEC.  2.     All   sidewalks,   curbs   and  culverts   shall  be 

constructed  according  to  the  specifications  adopted  by 
the  Board  of  Public  Works. 

SEC.  3.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  doing 
cement  work  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  have  the 
name  of  said  person,  firm  or  corporation  plainly  imbed- 
ded or  stamped  on  the  cement  of  each  separate  sidewalk 
laid  by  him. 

SEC.  4.  The  permit  granted  to  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation  to  lay  cement  sidewalks  in  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto  shall  be  revoked  in  case  such  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of 
of  this  article. 


REGULATING    CONSTRUCTION,     ETC.  1 09 

ARTICLE  IT 
CREATING  FIRE  LIMITS 

SEC.  i.     T*hat  portion  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  in-  Defining 
eluded  in  the  following  limits  shall  be  known  as,  and  is  fire   dlstnct 
hereby  established  and  created  as  the  fire  district : 

Commencing  at  a  point  of  intersection  of  the  center 
line  of  Alma  street  and  the  center  line  of  Lytton  avenue, 
running  thence  southeasterly  along  said  center  line  of 
Alma  street  1290  feet  to  the  center  line  of  Forest  avenue, 
thence  northeasterly  along  the  center  line  of  Forest 
avenue  to  a  point  midway  between  the  northeasterly 
line  of  Alma  street  and  the  southwesterly  line  of 
High  street,  thence  at  right  angles  northwesterly  and 
parallel  with  Alma  street  230  feet  to  a  point  midway 
between  the  northwesterly  line  of  Forest  avenue  and  the 
southeasterly  line  of  Hamilton  avenue,  thence  at  right 
angles  and  parallel  with  Hamilton  avenue  northeasterly 
697^  feet  to  the  center  line  of  Ramona  street,  thence 
northwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  Ramona  street 
460  feet  to  a  point  midway  between  the  northwesterly 
line  of  Hamilton  avenue  and  the  southeasterly  line  of 
University  avenue,  thence  at  right  angles  and  parallel 
with  University  avenue  northeasterly  840  feet  to  the 
center  line  of  Waverly  street,  thence  at  right  angles 
northwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  Waverly  street  475 
feet  to  a  point  midway  between  the  northwesterly  line  of 
University  avenue  and  the  southeasterly  line  of  Lytton 
avenue,  thence  at  right  angles  ancl  parallel  with 
L^niversity  avenue  southwesterly  840  feet  to  the  center 
line  of  Ramona  street,  thence  northwesterly  along 
the  center  line  of  Ramona  street  230  feet  to  the  center 
line  of  Lytton  avenue,  thence  southwesterly  along  the 
center  line  of  Lytton  avenue  to  the  point  of  commence- 
ment. 

SEC.  2.  No  buildings  or  structures,  or  additions  Building 
thereto,  whose  exterior  walls  are  of  any  other  material 
than  brick,  stone,  concrete  or  artificial  stone,  shall  be 
erected,  built,  constructed  or  placed  within  the  fire  limits. 
All  buildings  hereafter  erected  within  the  fire  limits  of 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  be  constructed  under  the  plans 
and  specifications  which  shall  be  in  accordance  and  com- 
ply with  the  latest  adopted  building  code  of  the  National 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters. 


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Penalty  SEC.  3.     Every  person,  firm,  company  or  corporation 

violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  three 
hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not 
exceeding  three  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. 


ARTICLE  III 


Building 
permit 


Cost  of 
building 
permit 


Building 
permits 
outside    fire 
limits 


SUPERVISION    OF   PRIVATE   BUILDING   CON- 
STRUCTION; FEES  AND  PERMITS 

SEC.  i.  No  person,  company  or  corporation  shall 
erect  a  building  or  structure  of  any  kind,  remodel  or 
enlarge,  add  to  or  extend  any  building  or  structure  al- 
ready erected  within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  without  first 
obtaining  a  permit  from  the  Board  of  Public  Works. 

The  applicant  for  such  permit  shall  state  the  exact 
site  to  be  occupied,  the  material,  dimensions  and  esti- 
mated cost  of  the  proposed  building  or  structure,  and  the 
probable  time  to  be  occupied  in  building. 

All  applications  shall  be  filed  in  duplicate. 

The  person,  company  or  corporation  applying  for 
such  permit  shall  file  with  the  Board  of  Public  Works 
the  complete  plans  and  specifications  of  the  proposed 
building  or  structure,  or  in  lieu  of  said  plans  and  speci- 
fications a  statement  in  writing  setting  forth  what 
repairs,  alterations  or  improvements  are  contemplated, 
and  describing  the  general  character,  nature  and  extent 
of  the  same  and  particularly  describing  the  material  and 
size  of  chimneys  and  flues. 

SEC.  2.  The  applicant  or  applicants  for  each  build- 
ing permit  for  buildings  erected  within  the  fire  limits  of 
the  City  shall  pay  to  the  Auditor  the  sum  of  five  dollars 
when  the  estimated  cost  of  the  building  does  not  exceed 
the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars.  When  the  estimated 
cost  is  over  ten  thousand  dollars,  one  dollar  additional 
shall  be  paid  for  each  one  thousand  dollars  or  fraction 
thereof  over  ten  thousand  dollars. 

SEC.  3.  The  applicant  or  applicants  for  each  build- 
ing permit  for  buildings  outside  the  fire  limits  of  said 
City  shall  pay  to  the  Auditor,  one  dollar  when  the  esti- 
mated cost  of  the  building  does  not  exceed  one  thousand 
dollars,  and  fifty  cents  additional  shall  be  paid  for  the 


REGULATING    CONSTRUCTION,    ETC. 


I  I  I 


permit  for  each  additional  one  thousand  dollars  or  frac- 
tion thereof  of  cost  of  said  building. 

SEC.  4.     Before  a  permit  is  issued  for  the  construe-   Twenty-five 
tion  of  any  building  or  structure  facing  upon  any  im-  dollar 
proved  street  in  said  City,  a  deposit  of  twenty-five  dollars  deP°sit 
shall  he  made  with  the  Auditor,  which  deposit  shall  be 
returned  upon  certificate  of  the  Superintendent  of  Streets 
that  all  rubbish  has  been  removed  and  the  street  left  in 
the  same  good  condition  as  it  was  in  before  the  construc- 
tion of  said  building  or  structure  was  commenced. 

SEC.  5.     No  building  shall  be  moved  upon  or  along  Movjng 
the  public  streets  of  said  City  unless  a  permit  be  first  permit 
obtained  therefor  from  the  Board  of  Public  Works,  which 
permit  will  be  issued  upon  the  payment  of  the  sum  of  five 
dollars  to  the  Auditor.    The  moving  of  buildings  shall  be 
subject  to  the  provisions  of  Section  13  and  Section  14  of 
Article  IV  of  Part  VI  hereof. 

SEC.  6.     All  buildings  shall  be  subject  to  the  inspec-  inspection 
tion  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  to  ascertain  if  the  con- 
struction of  said  buildings  complies  with  the  ordinances 
of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  relating  thereto. 

SEC.  7.     Every  person,  firm,  company  or  corporation  Misde_ 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  meanor 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  three 
hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not 
exceeding  three  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. 


ARTICLE  IV 
RELATING  TO  STREET  WORK 

SEC.   i.     Whenever  a  street  or  sidewalk  is  improved  incidental 
by  private  contract,  an  estimate  shall  be  made  by  the  expenses   for 
City  Engineer  of  the  necessary  incidental  expenses  of  the  Jmprovement 
Board  of  Public  Works,  and  covering  all  expenses  of  the  ° 
City,  including  the  laying  of  sewer  and  water  pipes,  en- 
gineer, street  inspection  and  supervision  of  street  work. 

SEC.  2.     The  contractor  or  person  desiring  to  make  Deposit   for 
said  improvement  shall  deposit  with  the  City  Auditor  a  estimated 
sum  equal  in  amount  to  the  estimate  made  by  the  City  expense 
Engineer  for  the  necessary  incidental  expenses.     If  said 
sum  of  money  so  deposited  with  the  City  Auditor  is  not 
sufficient  to  cover  cost  of  the  incidental  expenses  on  said 


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Permit 
revoked 


Soliciting 
private 
contracts    for 
street    im- 
provements 


Application 
for  permit 


Granting 
of  permit 


street,  the  contractor  shall  pay  to  the  City  Auditor  for 
the  City,  an  additional  sum  to  cover  said  cost.  If  the 
sum  so  deposited  should  be  more  .than  the  actual  cost 
for  incidental  expenses  on  said  stret,  then  the  difference 
in  cost  shall  be  returned  to  the  contractor  or  person 
making  such  deposit. 

SEC.  3  If  the  contractor  or  person  desiring  to  make 
said  street  improvement  does  not  deposit  such  sum  with 
the  Auditor  as  estimated  by  the  City  Engineer,  then,  any 
permit  granted  to  him  by  the  Board  of  Public  Works  shall 
be  revoked. 

SEC.  4.  Whenever  a  contractor  or  person  desires  to 
solicit  for  private  contracts  with  property  owners  to  im- 
prove any  roadway  of  the  streets  or  avenues  of  the  City 
of  Palo  Alto,  said  contractor  or  person  shall  file  with  the 
Board  of  Pubilc  Works  before  signing  up  any  contract 
for  improvement  of  said  street  or  avenue  with  property 
owners,  a  statement  in  writing  naming  the  street  or 
avenue  on  which  and  between  what  points  the  proposed 
improvement  is  to  be  made,  the  contract  for  the  work, 
and  under  what  plans  and  specifications,  and  the  pro- 
posed cost  of  each  item  of  the  street  improvement. 

SEC.  5.  Thereafterwards,  and  upon  application  for 
a  permit  to  improve  said  street  or  avenue,  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  shall  require  of  the  contractor  or  person 
a  statement  in  writing  showing  the  names  of  the  property 
owners  and  the  number  of  front  feet  contracted  for,  and 
the  items  of  the  proposed  improvement  and  the  prices 
of  each  item  as  stated  in  the  contract,  and  the  contractor 
or  contractors  shall  be  required,  before  a  permit  is  grant- 
ed, to  agree  with  the  Board  of  Public  Works  on  a  time  in 
which  such  work  shall  commence  and  a  time  when  the 
same  shall  be  completed. 

SEC.  6.  Before  any  permit  is  granted  to  any  con- 
tractor to  improve  the  roadway  of  any  of  the  streets  or 
avenues  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  a  contractor  must  file 
with  the  Board  of  Public  Works  a  statement  in  writing 
verified  under  oath  before  an  officer  authorized  to  admin- 
ister oaths,  showing  that  property  owners  owning  at  least 
eighty  (80)  per  cent  of  the  front  footage  of  any  portion 
of  the  street  or  avenue  proposed  to  be  improved,  have 
signed  contracts  or  have  requested  in  writing  that  said 
improvement  1  e  made,  and  no  permit  shall  be  granted  in 
any  event  to  do  any  roadwork  unless  the  consent  of  the 
property  owners  owning  at  least  eighty  per  cent  of  said 
front  footage  of  the  street  or  avenue  between  the  points 
to  be  improved  has  been  obtained. 


REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,   ETC. 


Filing 
bond 


of 


SEC.  7.  Any  contractor  proposing  to  do  roadwork 
upon  any  of  the  streets  or  avenues  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 
before  obtaining  a  permit  shall  file  a  bond  for.  a  sum  not 
less  than  twenty-five  per  cent  of  the  cost  of  the  work  pro- 
posed to  be  done  with  the  Board  of  Public  Works.  Said 
bond  shall  be  conditioned  that  the  said  contractor  will 
commence  the  work  within  a  certain  time,  and  that  he  will 
complete  the  same  within  a  certain  time  after  the  permit 
is  granted,  said  time  for  commencing  and  completing  the 
work  to  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Public  Works.  Said 
bond  shall  also  provide  that  the  work  will  be  completed 
according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  and  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  Street  Superintendent. 

SEC.  8.     Not  more  than  four  blocks  on  any  street  or  Portion 
avenue  shall  be  torn  up  at  any  time  during  the  progress  a^  anyone 
of  street  work,  or  remain  torn  up  for  a  longer  period  of  time 
time  than  four  weeks. 

SEC.  9.     Unless  the  above  requirements  are  complied   ComPhance 
with  by  the  contractor  or  person  seeking  to  improve  any 
street  or  avenue  of  the  City,  the  Board  of  Public  Works 
shall  refuse  to  grant  any  permit  for  the  proposed  work. 

SEC.  10.  Any  person  violating  the  terms  of  this  Penalty 
article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  not  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  for  not 
more  than  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprison- 
ment. 


to 


ARTICLE  V 

CITY    SEWER    CONNECTIONS    AND    COST  OF 

SAME 


SEC.  i.  No  new  street,  avenue  or  alley  other  than 
those  already  officially  accepted  by  the  City  shall  hereafter 
be  accepted  by  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  until  sewer  and  water 
pipes  have  first  been  laid  in  and  upon  said  proposed  street, 
avenue  or  alley,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  2.  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  make  all 
connections  to  the  public  sewer.  Notice  must  be  given  in 
writing  to  the  Board  of  Public  Works  at  the  office  of  the 
City  Clerk  by  the  person  intending  to  connect  to  the  City 
sewer,  fixing  the  day  on  which  he  wishes  to  make  the  con- 
nection. Such  notice  must  be  given  at  least  forty-eight 


Sewer    and 
water    pipes 
to    be    laid 
in   all   streets 
before 
acceptance 

Notice  of 
intention    to 
make 
connection 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Cost    of 

making 

connection 


Owners    to 
lay  all 

sewer,    water 
and    gas 
pipes,    mains, 
connections, 
etc. 


Every 

separate    lot 
to  be   so 
connected 

Superintend- 
ent of  Streets 
to    give 
notice 


Records 
kept  by 
Superintend- 
ent  of 

Streets 

Liens 


hours  previous  to  the  time  when  the  connection  is  to  be 
made. 

SEC.  3.  A  sewer  connection  shall  be  made  for  the 
applicant  on  an  unimproved  street  for  the  sum  of  nine 
dollars.  A  connection  on  an  improved  street  shall  be  made 
at  the  actual  cost  of  making  said  connection,  and  the  sum 
estimated  for  the  purpose  shall  be  deposited  with  the 
City  Tax  Collector  before  such  connection  is  made. 

If  the  estimated  cost  for  making  a  connection  on  an 
improved  street  should  not  prove  to  be  a  sufficient  sum  to 
pay  for  said  work,  then  the  additional  cost  shall  be 
charged  against  the  applicant.  If  said  estimated  sum  de- 
posited shall  be  in  excess  of  the  cost,  then  the  difference 
shall  be  returned  to  the  applicant. 

SEC.  4.  All  property  owners  owning  or  controlling 
property  facing  upon  any  of  the  streets  or  avenues  of 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  lay  or  cause  to  be  laid  all  neces- 
sary sewer  and  water  pipe  connections  with  the  mains  and 
all  gas  mains  and  connections  before  said  streets  or  ave- 
nues are  bitumenized,  macadamized  or  otherwise  perma- 
nently improved.  Gas  companies  shall  comply  with  the 
above  provisions  in  laying  gas  mains  and  making  con- 
nections. 

SEC.  5.  Every  separate  lot  of  twenty-five  or  fifty 
feet  shall  be  connected  with  the  sewer  and  water  mains  as 
provided  by  Section  4. 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent 
of  Streets  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  to  give  written  notice 
to  the  property  owner  or  his  agent,  if  known,  or  to  the 
occupant  of  the  property,  if  there  be  any,  or  if  the  owner 
or  his  agent  is  not  known  and  there  is  no  occupant,  to  post 
said  notice  conspicuously  on  said  property,  that  sewer  or 
water  pipe  connections  shall  be  made.  Said  notice  shall 
briefly  describe  the  work  required,  referring  to  this  article, 
and  shall  contain  a  notification  to  the  effect  that  unless 
said  work  shall  be  done  within  ten  days,  the  Superintend- 
ent of  Streets  will  do  the  same,  and  the  costs  and  expenses 
of  said  work  will  be  charged  up  and  made  a  lien  against 
the  property.  If  said  work  be  not  done  within  ten  days, 
after  the  service  or  posting  of  said  notice,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  said  Superintendent  of  Streets  forthwith  to 
proceed  to  do  the  same. 

SEC.  7.  The  Superintendent  of  Streets  shall  keep  a 
record  of  such  notices.  He  shall  also  keep  a  separate 
record  of  the  work  done  upon  each  piece,  parcel  or  lot  of 
land  and  the  costs  and  expenses  of  the  same. 

SEC.  8.  As  soon  as  said  work  is  completed,  the 
Superintendent  of  Streets  shall  render  a  statement  of 


REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.  115 

the  costs  thereof  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  City  Assessor 
who  shall  note  the  amount  thereof  upon  the  margin  of  the 
assessment  roll  against  the  property  charged,  and  there- 
after the  said  amount  shall  be  a  lien  against  the  said 
property  and  shall  be  collected  at  the  same  time  and  in 
the  same  manner  as  City  taxes. 

SEC.  9.  Any  owner  or  person  who  desires  to  build  Of  jjen 
upon  any  property  affected  by  such  a  lien  shall  first  pay 
the  lien  before  he  will  be  allowed  to  make  any  house  con- 
nection with  any  of  the  sewer  or  water  pipes  so  laid. 
Every  property  owner  who  fails  to  make  any  such  street 
connection  when  so  notified  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Streets  shall  pay,  in  addition  to  the  lien  for  the  costs  and 
expenses  of  making  such  street  connection,  the  sum  of  ten 
dollars  before  he  will  be  permitted  to  make  any  house  con- 
nection with  the  sewer  or  water  pipes  so  laid. 


ARTICLE  VI 


HOUSE    NUMBERING 

SEC.  i.  All  houses  within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  al- 
ready constructed,  and  all  houses  in  said  City  hereafter 
constructed,  as  soon  as  completed,  must  be  numbered  in 
accordance  with  the  following  system : 

Beginning  at  the  Palo  Alto  tree  near  the  railroad 
bridge  crossing  the  San  Francisquito  creek,  the  first  full 
block  on  Alma  street,  shall  be  the  100  block,  the  second, 
the  200  block,  and  so  on ;  and  the  corresponding  blocks 
on  all  streets  parallel  with  Alma  street  shall  have  cor- 
responding numbers. 

Beginning  at  the  point  of  intersection  of  Alma  street 
with  University  avenue,  the  first  full  block  on  Univer- 
sity avenue  shall  be  the  100  block,  the  second,  the  200 
block  and  so  on ;  and  the  corresponding  blocks  on  all 
streets  running  parallel  with  University  avenue  shall  have 
corresponding  numbers. 

Every  twelve  and  one-half  feet  shall  have  a  separate 
number. 

The  odd  numbers  shall  be  on  the  northwest  and  the 
even  on  the  southeast  side  of  all  streets  parallel  with 
University  avenue ;  the  odd  numbers  on  the  northeast 
side  and  the  even  on  the  southwest  side  of  all  streets 
parallel  with  Alma  street. 


System    of 
numbering 


Streets 
parallel    with 
Alma    street 


Streets 
parallel    with 
University 
avenue 


Number 
each  12 
feet 

Odd  and 

even 

numbers 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Size  and 
material 


Penalty 


SEC.  2.  The  numbers  must  be  of  the  style,  size  and 
material  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Public  Works. 

SEC.  3.  Any  violation  of  this  article  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  of  five  dollars. 


Publication 


Licenses 


ARTICLE  VII 
PLUMBING  REGULATIONS 

Registration  SEC.  i.     Every  master  or  journeyman  plumber  carry- 

ing on  his  trade  or  business,  or  laboring  as  a  master  or 
journeyman  plumber,  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  shall 
register  his  name,  age,  nativity  and  place  of  residence 
at  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  said  City.  It  shall  not 
be  lawful  for  any  person  to  carry  on  the  trade  of  plumb- 
ing in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  unless  he  fulfills  the  require- 
ments of  registration  as  above  provided. 

SEC.  2.  A  list  of  the  registered  plumbers  shall  be 
published  in  the  yearly  report  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Safety. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation  to  carry  on  the  business  of,  or  to  labor  as 
a  master  or  journeyman  plumber,  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto, 
unless  said  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  first  have 
obtained  from  the  Board  of  Public  Safety  of  said  City 
a  license  authorizing  such  person,  firm  or  corporation 
to  carry  on  said  business,  or  to  labor  as  such  plumb- 
er. A  license  so  to  do  shall  be  issued  only  after  a  satis- 
factory examination  of  each  applicant  by  the  Board 
of  Public  Safety  as  to  his  or  its  qualifications  to  conduct 
such  business  or  to  so  labor;  provided,  however,  that 
when  a  firm  or  corporation  is  an  applicant  for  such  license, 
such  examination  shall  be  taken  by  some  member  of  the 
firm  or  corporation  or  by  some  duly  appointed  and 
authorized  agent  of  said  firm  or  corporation  who  shall 
act  as  its  master  plumber,  and  every  such  firm  or  corpora- 
tion must,  at  all  times,  have  at  least  one  (i)  master 
plumber  in  actual  charge  of  its  plumbing  business.  When 
any  agent  is  authorized  to  take  the  examination  as  above 
provided,  the  authorization  must  be  in  writing  and  filed 
with  the  application. 

Examination  SEC.  4.  Examination  of  plumbers  shall  be  held  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Safety  at  the  City  Hall  and  at  such  time 
or  times  as  the  Board  may  determine.  It  shall  not  be 
necessary  for  any  plumber  having  successfully  passed  one 


REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,   ETC.  117 

examination    in    the    City    of    Palo    Alto    to    be    again 
examined. 

SEC.  5.  Every  master  plumber,  before  he  shall  regis-  Bonds 
ter,  must  give  a  bond  to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  in  the  sum 
of  five  hundred  dollars,  with  good  and  sufficient  surety, 
conditioned  upon  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties 
as  master  plumber,  which  said  bond  shall  be  approved  by 
the  Board  of  Public  Safety  and  filed  with  the  City  Clerk. 

SEC.  6.  All  licenses  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  Expiration 
July  of  each  year,  unless  sooner  revoked.  Upon  the  ex- 
piration of  the  yearly  license,  every  master  plumber  carry- 
ing on  the  business  of  plumbing  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto, 
shall  be  required  to  again  register  and  file  a  new  bond  as 
above  provided. 

SEC.  7.     All  licensed  plumbers  shall  be  held  strictly  Correction 
responsible  for  any  and  all  acts  of  agents  or  employees  after  notice 
done   under   this   ordinance   by   virtue   of   his   or   their 
licenses,  and  upon  being  notified  by  the  Plumbing  Inspec- 
tor of  any  defect  in  the  plumbing  system  of  a  building 
or  violation   of  this   ordinance,   the   person   or   persons 
having  charge  of  the  work  shall  immediately  correct  the 
same. 

SEC.  8.  When  any  plumbing  or  drainage  work  shall  Filing  of 
have  been  commenced  in  any  building  now  erected  or  plans  and 
hereafter  to  be  erected  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  or  in  any  *" 
addition  to  any  building  now  erected  in  said  City,  and 
before  the  rough  work  is  ready  for  inspection,  the  per- 
son, firm,  association  or  corporation  doing  the  same 
shall  submit  to  the  Plumbing  Inspector  of  said  City,  plans 
and  specifications  accurately  and  correctly  describing  in 
detail  the  plumbing  work  to  be  done,  and,  at  the  same 
time,  shall  pay  to  the  City  Auditor  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  for 
each  and  every  fixture  up  to  six  in  number,  and  ten  cents 
for  each  and  every  fixture  over  and  above  six  in  number. 
Upon  the  payment  of  said  fees,  the  City  Auditor  shall 
give  receipt  for  same,  and  the  Plumbing  Inspector  shall 
issue  a  permit  for  the  proposed  work,  and  shall  file  the 
plans  and  specifications  with  the  Board  of  Public  Works. 
The  word  "fixture"  means  any  plumbing  device  having 
a  waste  pipe  to  carry  the  waste  water  to  the  sewer. 

SEC.  9.     When  any  changes  are  made  in  waste,  soil  Work  in  old 
or  drain  pipes  in  old  houses,  the  said  waste,  soil  or  drain   buildings 
pipes  shall,  in  all  cases,  be  run  and  vented  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance.    Plans  and  specifi- 
cations for  such  work  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Plumb- 
ing Inspector,  the  fees  provided  in  section  8  of  this  article 
shall  be  paid  to  said  City  Auditor,  proper  receipts  and 


n8 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Buildings 
moved, 
raised    or 
altered 


Installation 
or    alteration 
in   old   or 
new 
buildings 


Notice   of 
completion 


Tests 


Sectional 
and  final 
tests 


Smoke    tests 

Testing 
plugs 

Test 
certificates 


Inspector, 
notice 


permit  shall  be  given,  anl  the  plans  and  specifications 
shall  be  filed  with  the  Board  of  Public  Works. 

SEC.  10.  When  a  building  is  removed  from  one  part 
of  the  City  to  another,  or  when  an  addition  is  made  to  a 
building  or  to  any  drainage  in  connection  therewith  (ex- 
cept in  case  of  repairs,  which  are  herein  defined  to  con- 
sist of  leaks  in  drain,  soil,  waste  or  vent  pipes  and  repairs 
on  faucets,  valves  or  water  supply  pipes),  the  rules  and 
regulations  herein  set  forth  must  be  followed. 

SEC.  ii.  The  installation  or  alteration  or  change  in 
the  plumbing  work  or  fixtures  in  any  old  or  new  build- 
ing or  buildings,  shall  not  be  made  until  the  provisions 
of  this  article  are  complied  with. 

SEC.  12.  When  the  rough  plumbing  in  any  building 
is  completed,  it  shall  be  completely  filled  with  water  and 
the  Plumbing  Inspector  notified  that  the  same  is  ready  for 
inspection.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  doing  work 
under  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall,  at  the  request  of 
the  Plumbing  Inspector,  remove  one  or  more  pieces  of 
pipe,  or  one  or  more  fittings,  in  order  to  facilitate  the 
thorough  inspection  of  said  work.  Immediately  upon  the 
completion  of  the  plumbing  system  of  a  building,  notice 
must  be  given  the  Plumbing  Inspector  to  that  effect  by 
the  plumber  in  charge  of  the  work,  and  the  work  must 
he  ready  for  the  final  inspection. 

SEC.  13.  All  sewer,  drains,  soil,  waste,  vent  and 
leader  pipes  (except  sheet  metal  leaders),  which  are 
not  of  ironstone,  must  have  all  openings  stopped  and 
be  filled  with  water.  The  Plumbing  Inspector  shall  have 
the  right  to  demand  such  water  or  other  test  applied  to 
ironstone  pipes  as  he  may  deem  necessary. 

SEC.  14.  When  a  system  of  plumbing  has  been  test- 
ed in  sections,  then  final  tests  shall  be  made  with  a  water 
pressure  equal  to  a  column  ten  feet  above  the  highest 
point  of  the  sewer  or  drain  located  within  the  premises. 

SEC.  15.  The  smoke  or  peppermint  test  shall  be 
made  wherever  demanded  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

SEC.  16.  Wooden  plugs  shall  not  be  allowed  in  the 
testing  of  a  plumbing  system. 

SEC.  17.  The  testing  of  a  plumbing  system  must  be 
made  in  the  presence  of  the  Plumbing  Inspector,  and,  if 
the  test  prove  satisfactory  to  him,  he  shall  issue  a  proper 
certificate  for  the  same. 

SEC.  1 8.  In  all  cases  twenty-four  hours'  notice  must 
be  given  the  Plumbing  Inspector  when  the  work  is  suffi- 
ciently advanced  for  inspection. 


REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,   ETC. 


RULES    AND   REGULATIONS    FOR    PLUMBING 
AND   DRAINAGE   OF   BUILDINGS 

SEC.  19.  All  material  must  be  of  good  quality  and  Material 
free  from  defects.  The  work  must  be  done  in  a  thorough 
and  workmanlike  manner.  The  interior  of  all  fittings 
and  cast-iron  pipe  and  ironstone  pipe  shall  be  free  from 
obstructions,  and  all  wrought  metal  pipe  shall  have  ends 
reamed  out  and  be  free  from  burrs. 

SEC.  20.     Where  under  these  rules  it  is  not  requisite   Standard 
to  use  extra  heavy  cast-iron  pipe  and  fittings,  then  either  P'Pe 
standard  cast-iron  pipe  or  galvanized  wrought  iron  pipe 
may  be  used ;  provided,  however,  that  in  waste  lines,  gal- 
vanized wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe  may  be  used  of  a  bore 
not  smaller  than  one  and  one-half  inches  in  diameter,  and 
of  the   average   weight   and   thickness   provided   for   in 
section  twenty-two  hereof. 

SEC.  21.     Where  under  these  rules  it  is  requisite  to   Extra   heavy 
use  heavy  cast-iron  pipe,  then  the  pipe,  inclusive  of  the   cast  P'Pe 
hub,  shall  average  the  following  weight  to  each  five-foot 
length : 

Diameter  Weight  per  Lin.  Ft. 

Ibs. 

2  Inches  5.50 

3  Inches  945 

4  Inches  13 

5  Inches  17 

6  Inches  20 

7  Inches  27 

8  Inches  34 

WThere  heavy  pipe  is  required,  all  fittings  used  in 
making  connections  with  such  pipe  must  correspond  in 
weight  and  quality  and  all  such  pipes  and  fittings  must 
have  the  extra  heavy  stamp  exposed  to  view  for  the 
Plumbing  Inspector. 

SEC.  22.     As   laid   down   in   these   rules,   galvanized   In  ueu  of 
wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe  may  be  used  in  lieu  of  cast-iron   cast  iron 
pipe.     The  pipe   shall   not  be   less   than  the   following    pipe 
average  thickness  and  weight  per  lineal  foot: 


120 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Table    of 
various 
kinds     of 
pipe 


Sewers 
separate 


Sewers 


Old 
sewers 


Diameter 
Inches 

i^'.  . 

Thickness 

14..  . 

Wt.  per  Lin.  Ft. 
Ibs. 
2  68 

2  

i1^.  . 

^  61 

21/.       - 

«.         20 

•   o>vy 

57/1 

^-  • 

22  

•/4 
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Intermediate 
sections 


SEC.  23.  Every  house  and  building  must  be  separ- 
ately and  independently  connected  with  the  sewer;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  where  there  are  two  or  more  build- 
ings on  the  same  lot,  the  total  street  frontage  of  which 
does  not  exceed  fifty  feet,  separate  sewer  connections 
need  not  be  made  with  the  main  sewer. 

SEC.  24.  Every  house  or  building  hereafter  erected 
must  have  the  house  drain,  except  as  provided  for  in 
these  rules  for  the  use  of  galvanized  wrought  iron  or 
steel  pipe,  constructed  of  cast-iron  pipe  when  the  drain 
lies  unc'er  the  building  and  for  three  feet  beyond  the 
front  wall  or  of  any  area  wall  or  any  wall  of  adjoining 
premises,  where  it  shall  connect  with  not  less  than  four 
inch  ironstone  pipe,  classed  as  No.  I  Grade.  The  cast- 
iron  drain  pipe  shall  leave  the  building  at  a  point  nearest 
to  the  street  sewer  connection. 

Where  any  section  of  the  cast-iron  sewer  is  below  the 
surface  of  the  ground,  or  where  the  joists  of  the  first 
floor  are  two  feet  or  less,  from  the  ground,  or  in  places 
that  have  been  excavated,  such  as  basements  or  sumps,  the 
said  sewer  shall  be  constructed  of  extra  heavy  cast-iron. 

Ironstone  pipe  must  be  laid  in  accordance  with  specifi- 
cations for  such  work  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Works. 

SEC.  25.  When  either  an  old  or  new  building  is 
placed  upon  a  lot,  or  when  an  alteration  is  made  in  a 
building  which  has  an  old  sewer  or  drain  in  a  defective 
or  unsanitary  condition  lying  within  the  lines  of  any  part 
of  the  foundation,  then  the  said  sewer  or  drain  must  be 
replaced  with  cast-iron  pipe  and  be  run  in  accordance  with 
these  rules  and  regulations. 

SEC.  26.  The  use  of  intermediate  sections  of  pipe 
of  different  quality  or  kind,  such  as  the  introduction  of 


REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,   ETC. 


121 


sections  of  ironstone  pipe  between  cast  iron  pipe,  or  of 
standard  cast  iron  pipe  between  extra  heavy  sections, 
or  of  cast-iron  pipe  between  ironstone  pipe,  or  of  wrought 
iron  or  steel  pipe  between  ironstone  and  similar  pipe,  will 
not  be  allowed. 

SEC.  27.  In  plating  works,  chemical  works,  acid 
works  and  manufactories  where  chemicals  are  used,  the 
waste  of  same  shall  discharge  into  the  main  sewer  in  the 
street  through  a  separate  vitrified  ironstone  pipe,  which 
shall  be  laid  in  a  manner  conforming  to  all  the  require- 
ments of  this  article. 

SEC.  28.  All  surface  drains,  soil  and  waste  pipes  dis- 
charging below  the  sewer  line  of  any  building,  and  all 
sumps  receiving  drainage  or  wastage,  must  be  connected 
in  a  sanitary  manner  satisfactory  to  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  and  receive  the  approval  of  the  Plumbing  In- 
spector prior  to  use. 

SEC.  29.  All  joints  on  cast-iron  pipe  and  the  fittings 
for  same  must  be  made  with  suitable  packing  of  oakum, 
properly  caulked  and  run  full  with  molten  lead,  properly 
caulked;  and  all  cast-iron  pipes  must  be  coated  both 
inside  and  outside  with  coal  tar  pitch  applied  hot. 

SEC.  30.  When  possible,  all  sewer,  drain,  soil,  waste 
and  leader  pipes  shall  have  a  continuous  fall  of  not  less 
than  one-quarter  of  an  inch  to  the  foot,  and,  if  practical, 
more.  When  not  possible  to  secure  one  quarter  inch  fall 
to  the  foot,  provision  shall  be  made  for  regular  and  effi- 
cient flushing. 

SEC.  31.  Where  practical,  iron  sewers,  drains,  soil 
and  waste  pipes  running  in  a  cellar  or  lowest  story  of  a 
building  shall  run  along  the  wall  of  the  building,  or,  if 
this  is  not  practical,  be  hung  on  iron  hangers  securely 
fastened  to  the  floor  joists.  Straps  or  hangers  shall  be 
placed  at  intervals  not  exceeding  five  feet. 

SEC.  32.  When  it  is  not  practical  to  run  and  fasten 
the  iron  sewer,  drain,  soil  or  waste  pipes  as  above  di- 
rected, then  they  may  be  run  in  a  trench  cut  to  a  uniform 
grade  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  section  24 
as  to  weight  of  pipe. 

SEC.  33.  No  openings  shall  be  provided  in  the  sewer 
pipes  of  any  building  for  the  purpose  of  rain-water  drain- 
age, except  by  special  permission  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Works,  in  writing.  A  copy  of  such  permit,  together  with 
the  area  drained,  shall  be  filed  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector 
with  the  Board  of  Public  Works. 

SEC.  34.  Heavy  brass-made  threaded  "clean-outs"  of 
at  least  one-eighth  of  an  ich  in  thickness  in  the  ferrule 


Sewers    for 

chemical 

works 


Sumps  and 

surface 

drains 


Caulked 
joints 


Fall  of  pipes 


Hanging 
pipes 


Trenching 


Rain  water 
drainage 


Clean-outs 


122 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF   PALO  ALTO 


Clean-outs 
to  be 
accessible 

Pipes 


Lead  pipe 
and  joints 


Fastening 
pipes 


Fastening 
outside 


Size   of  soil 
pipe 

Galvanized 
pipe  and 
angle 
fittings 


Steam 
exhaust 


part  and  with  three-sixteenths  of  an  inch  thickness  in  the 
cover,  the  cover  to  have  a  solid  cast  square  head  of  one 
inch  square  and  one  inch  in  height,  shall  be  placed  at  the 
end  of  each  horizontal  line  of  sewer  or  waste  pipe  and  its 
contributory  laterals  of  five  feet  or  longer. 

SEC.  35.  All  clean-outs  shall  be  the  same  size  as  the 
pipe  they  serve  and  must  be  so  placed  as  to  be  accessible. 

SEC.  36.  Except  as  provided  for  in  these  rules,  every 
sewer,  drain  soil,  waste  and  leader  pipe  must  be  of  either 
cast-iron  or  of  galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel,  and  the 
fittings  to  same  must  be  of  the  same  material. 

SEC.  37.  Waste  pipes  may  be  of  lead,  but  only  for 
branches  not  exceeding  five  feet  in  length  and  where  used 
to  connect  with  cast  or  wrought-iron  or  steel ;  provided, 
however,  that  no  lead  pipe  shall  be  allowed  outside  of  a 
building  or  in  the  ground.  Whenever  practical,  and 
where  under  these  rules  and  regulations  lead  waste  pipe 
is  used,  it  must  intersect  at  the  same  angle  as  given  by 
Y's  1-16,  1-6  or  1-8  bends. 

All  connections  of  lead  pipe  with  either  cast-iron  or 
wrought  iron  pipe  must  be  made  with  brass  ferrules  of 
the  same  size  as  the  receiving  opening,  and  be  connected 
to  same  by  a  wiped  joint,  and  be  properly  caulked  with 
oakum  and  molten  lead. 

SEC.  38.  All  iron  sewers  or  drains  not  trenched,  and 
ajl  soil,  waste  and  leader  pipes,  shall  be  properly  fastened 
and  secured  with  either  heavy  bands,  wrought  iron  straps 
or  hooks,  forged  out  of  one  piece  of  iron,  and  not  welded. 

SEC.  39.  All  horizontal  and  vertical  lines  of  soil, 
waste  and  leader  pipes  shall  be  secured  with  heavy  bands, 
wrought  iron  straps  with  four  screws  to  each  strap  and 
the  straps  placed  at  intervals  not  exceeding  five  feet. 

SEC.  40.  No  soil  pipe  of  an  inside  diameter  less 
than  four  inches  shall  be  permitted. 

SEC.  41.  When  galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel 
pipe  is  used  for  sewer,  drain,  soil,  waste  or  leader  pipes, 
it  shall  be  of  the  quality  known  as  'Standard'  thickness, 
and  all  changes  of  direction  shall  be  made  with  Y's,  1-16, 
1-6  or  1-8  fittings,  threaded  on  the  inside,  and  so  con- 
structed as  to  form  a  bore  uniform  with  the  pipe  without 
any  burrs  or  recesses.  All  fittings  shall  be  either  cast- 
iron,  hot  tar  dipped  or  galvanized,  or  galvanized  mal- 
leable iron. 

SEC.  42.  No  steam  exhaust  shall  connect  with  any 
sewer,  drain,  soil,  leader  or  waste  pipe.  A  steam  con- 
denser, however,  may  be  permitted  to  receive  the  steam 
exhaust  and  the  condensation  pipe  be  connected  to  the 
sewer  system. 


REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,   ETC.  123 

SEC.  43.     All  of  the  provisions  of  the  various  sec-  Outside  and 
tions  of  this  article  relating  to  pipes,  including  sections   inside  P1?68 
15,  1 6,  17  and  39,  shall  apply  to  both  outside  and  inside 
pipes  of  the  plumbing  system  of  building. 

SEC.  44.     Except  as  provided  for  in  the  next  section,   Reveals  and 
no  sewer,  drain,  soil,  waste,  leader  or  vent  pipe  of  any   recesses 
kind   shall   be   built   in   brick,   stone   or   concrete   walls. 
When  necessary  to  conceal  pipes  of  this  class,  they  must 
be  run  in  suitable  reveals  or  recesses. 

SEC.  45.     When  and  wherever  any  sewer,  drain,  soil,  passing 
waste,  leader,  vent  or  supply  pipe  passes  through  any  through 
foundation,  wall  or  partition  and  there  is  a  surrounding  walls 
space,   then   this   space   shall   be   satisfactorily   filled   or 
guarded  with  the  same  material  as  that  of  which  the 
foundation,  wall  or  partition  is  made,  or  it  may  be  cov- 
ered  with   suitable   metal   flashing   or   collars,   so   as  to 
effectually  prevent  leaving  an  avenue  for  the  entrance 
of  vermin  into  the  premises. 

SEC.  46.     Water   filters,    ice   boxes   or    refrigerators   Refriger- 
shall  in  no  case  be  directly  connected  to  or  with  the    ators; 
sewerage  or  drainage  system,  but  they  may  be  indirectly  filters 
connected,   provided   the  manner   of   connecting  be   ap- 
proved by  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

SEC.  47.     No   brick  or   sheet  metal   or  earthen  flue   Flue 
shall  be  used  as  a  sewer  or  drain  ventilator,  nor  shall  any   restrictions 
chimney  flue  be  used  for  this  purpose. 

SEC.  48.  In  every  building  where  the  drop  exceeds  Extra  heavy 
fifty  feet,  reckoning  from  the  top  of  the  floor  on  which 
the  highest  fixture  is  located  to  top  of  the  first  floor,  the 
entire  soil  and  waste  pipe  shall  be  of  extra  heavy  cast- 
iron  pipe,  and  the  fittings  to  same  shall  be  extra  heavy; 
or  standard  galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe  and 
cast  iron  tar  dipped  threaded  fittings  may  be  used. 

SEC.  49.     The  term   "soil   pipe"   is  that   applied  to  Soil  pipe 
any  pipe  receiving  the  discharge  from  one  or  more  water 
closets,  with  or  without  other  fixtures. 

SEC.  50.     All  vent  pipes,  including  soil  pipe  stacks   Standard 
continuing  above  the  highest  fixture  and  serving  as  a   stacks 
vent  pipe,  may  be  of  standard  cast-iron  pipe  or  of  gal- 
vanized wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe,  but  there  shall  not 
be    intermediate     sections     of     different     materials     or 
qualities. 

SEC.  51.  " Waste  pipe"  is  the  term  applied  to  any 
pipe  receiving  the  discharge  of  any  fixture  except  water 
closets.  The  waste  pipe,  either  vertical  or  horizontal, 
receiving  the  discharge  of  sixteen  or  more  fixtures  shall 
not  be  less  than  two  and  one-half  inches  internal 
diameter. 


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ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Alignment 
of  pipes 

Angle  of 
fitings 


Offsets 


Prohibitions 

Heel 
outlets 

Leader 
restrictions 


Leaders 


Leaders, 
inside 


Leader 
connections 


Leaders    on 
street  lines 


Roof    water 


Deck    and 

light-well 

drains 

Safe 
wastes 


SEC.  52.  The  arrangement  of  sewer,  drain,  soil, 
waste,  vent,  and  leader  pipes  must  be  as  direct  as  possible. 
SEC.  53.  Except  as  provided  for  in  these  rules,  all 
changes  in  the  direction  of  sewer,  drain,  soil,  waste 
and  leader  pipes  shall  be  made  with  Y  branches,  1-16, 
1-6,  or  1-8  bends. 

SEC.  54.  Offsets  may  be  used,  provided  the  angle 
they  present  is  not  more  acute  than  that  presented  by  a 
1-16  bend. 

SEC.  55.  Straight  crosses,  bands  and  saddles  are 
prohibited. 

SEC.  56.  No  heel  outlet  will  be  allowed  to  act  as  a 
waste  or  vent  pipe  on  either  vertical  or  horizontal  lines. 
SEC.  57.  Except  as  provided  for  in  these  rules,  rain 
water  leaders  must  never  be  used  as  a  soil,  waste  or  vent 
pipe,  nor  shall  a  soil,  waste  or  vent  pipe  be  used  as  a  rain 
water  leader. 

SEC.  58.  Excepting  outside  leads  or  leader  pipes 
exceeding  fifty-five  feet  perpendicularly  reckoning  from 
the  roof's  outlet  to  the  point  where  the  leader  emerges 
from  a  building  shall  be  of  either  extra  heavy  cast-iron 
or  of  standard  galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe  from 
top  to  bottom.  Outside  leaders,  however,  may  be  of 
standard  cast-iron  pipe  or  of  sheet  metal. 

SEC.  59.  When  rain  water  leaders  are  placed  inside 
of  a  building,  they  must  be  of  cast-iron  or  steel,  and  be 
properly  caulked  with  oakum  and  molten  lead,  just  as 
if  they  were  to  be  used  as  soil  or  waste  pipes. 

SEC.  60.  The  connection  between  sheet  metal  and 
cast-iron  leader  pipes  must  be  made  by  caulking  the  sheet 
metal  with  oakum  and  molten  lead  into  the  cast-iron. 
Brass  sleeves  are  prohibited.  If  the  leader  connects  to 
galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel,  then  a  satisfactory 
soldered  connection  must  be  made. 

SEC.  61.  When  a  building  is  erected  on  a  street  line, 
or  when  it  is  desired  to  run  the  roof  water  to  the  gutters, 
the  same  shall  be  run  in  a  cast-iron  pipe  from  a  point 
five  feet  above  the  curb  level  to  and  under  the  sidewalk 
to  the  gutter.  The  running  of  roof  or  surface  water 
on  sidewalks  is  hereby  prohibited. 

SEC.  62.  All  decks  and  light-wells  must  be  provided 
with  adequate  drainage. 

SEC.  63.  Every  safe  waste  under  a  bath,  basin,  tank 
or  other  fixture  must  be  drained  by  a  special  pipe  of  lead 
or  galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel  pipe  of  a  diameter 
not  less  than  one  inch  bore,  and  in  no  case  shall  it  be 
connected  directly  to  any  soil,  waste,  drain,  sewer,  or 
vent  p'pe,  but  made  to  discharge  outside  the  building. 


REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,  ETC. 


125 


SEC.  64.  Urinals  and  water  closet  floor  drains  may 
be  connected  to  and  with  main  waste  soil  or  sewer  pipe, 
provided  said  floor  drain  be  properly  trapped  and  vented 
and  supplied  with  water,  but  no  urinal  waste  shall  act  as 
the  feed  to  any  floor  drain.  All  shall  be  done  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

SEC.  65.  Excepting  flushometer  closets,  all  water 
closets  within  a  building  must  be  supplied  from  separate 
tanks  or  cisterns,  the  water  of  which  should  not  be  used 
for  any  other  purpose. 

Excepting  flushometer,  a  group  of  water  closets  may 
be  supplied  from  one  tank,  but  water  closets  located  on 
different  floors  must  not  be  supplied  from  one  tank. 

SEC.  66.  Plug,  pan  valve  closets  and  common  hop- 
per closets  are  strictly  prohibited  in  any  part  of  a  build- 
ing or  premises. 

Flush  rim  hopper  closets,  offset  and  washout  closets 
are  not  allowed,  excepting  they  are  located  outside  the 
building  proper. 

SEC.  67.  When  water  closets  are  supplied  from 
tanks,  the  down  or  flush  pipe  shall  in  no  case  be  less  than 
one  and  one-quarter  inches  inside  diameter. 

No  rubber  connection  shall  be  allowed  between  water 
closets  and  vent  pipes,  nor  shall  any  closet  be  set  in 
plaster  or  similar  substance. 

SEC.  68.  When  a  water  closet  is  connected  to  the 
soil  pipe,  by  and  through  a  lead  bend,  then  the  outlet  side 
of  the  bend  must  be  properly  wiped  to  a  brass  ferrule 
and  the  ferrule  be  properly  caulked  into  receiving  hub. 

SEC.  69.  When  a  water  closet  is  not  connected  to 
the  soil  pipe  by  a  lead  bend,  then  it  may  be  connected  by 
and  through  a  lead  pipe  lengthening  piece,  which  shall 
be  properly  wiped  to  a  heavy  brass  ferrule,  and  the 
ferrule  be  properly  caulked  into  receiving  hub. 

SEC.  70.  When  under  the  two  preceding  sections, 
closets  are  connected  by  and  through  lead  pipes,  then  suit- 
able brass  floor  flanges  shall  be  used,  or  when  the  closet 
is  connected  to  either  cast-iron  or  galvanized  wrought 
iron  or  steel  and  regular  brass  ferrules,  lead  pipe  and 
wiped  joints  are  not  used,  then  the  connection  between 
the  closets  and  the  soil  pipe  must  be  made  with  an  ap- 
proved adjustable  and  threaded,  or  threaded  and  caulked 
floor  flange  connection. 

Sec.  71.  When  water  closets  are  so  constructed  that 
the  trap  is  a  part  of  the  closet,  then  they  must  be  of 
all  earthenware,  or  enameled  iron,  or  of  a  combination  of 
these  materials. 


Urinal   and 
closet    safes 


Closets, 
flushometers 


Closets 
prohibited 


Closets, 
flush   pipes 
and 
connections 


Closet 
lead  bend 


Closet    lead 
connections 


Closets, 
flanges,    etc. 


Materials 
for   closets 


126 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Ratio   of 

closets 

Male   and 
female 


Closets 
named 


Closets, 
ratio  to 
tenants 


Closets  in 
hotels   and 
lodging 
houses 


Closets, 
family 


Urinals, 
supply 


Group  of 
urinals 


All  water  closet  receivers  must  be  made  of  earthen- 
ware or  of  enameled  iron ;  no  stone,  cement,  brick, 
wooden  or  other  porous  substance  will  be  permitted.  This 
shall  apply  to  both  single  water  closets  built  in  series  or 
ranges. 

SEC.  72.  Each  tenement,  flat  or  store  shall  be  por- 
vided  with  not  less  than  one  water  closet. 

SEC.  73.  In  all  places  of  employment  where  men  and 
women  are  employed,  separate  and  sufficient  water 
closets  shall  be  provided  for  males  and  females  as  re- 
quired by  these  rules  and  regulations. 

SEC.  74.  The  water  closets  provided  for  males  shall 
be  plainly  marked  "Men's  Toilet"  and  water  closets  pro- 
vided for  women  shall  be  plainly  marked  "Women's 
Toilet." 

SEC.  75.  In  all  places  of  employment  mentioned  in 
this  article,  not  less  than  one  water  closet  shall  be  pro- 
vided for  every  twenty-five  males,  or  less  number,  and 
not  less  than  one  water  closet  shall  be  provided  for  every 
twenty-five  females,  or  a  less  number,  and  these  water 
closet  facilities  shall  be  provided  upon  at  least  every 
second  story.  Where  there  are  employees  in  a  basement, 
such  basement  shall  be  considered  as  being  one  story. 

SEC.  76.  In  lodging  houses  or  hotels,  hereafter 
erected  or  altered,  there  shall  be  provided  not  less  than 
one  water  closet  for  every  twenty-five  females,  or  less 
number,  and  not  less  than  one  water  closet  for  every 
twenty-five  males,  or  less  number.  The  number  of  water 
closets  required  shall  be  determined  from  the  number  of 
lodging  quarters  provided  in  said  lodging  houses  or 
hotels. 

SEC.  77.  In  all  buildings  used  jointly  for  residence 
and  business  purposes,  separate  and  sufficient  water 
closets  shall  be  provided  for  the  use  of  families,  em- 
ployees and  patrons  of  the  place. 

SEC.  78.  Except  in  private  residences,  urinals  must 
be  supplied  from  an  automatic  tank  flush.  A  group  of 
urinals  may  be  supplied  from  one  tank,  the  capacity  of 
which  is  to  be  proportionate  to  the  number  of  urinals 
supplied,  but  in  no  case  shall  the  capacity  be  less  than 
one  gallon  for  each  urinal  served.  The  flush  pipes  must 
be  sufficiently  large. 

SEC.  79.  More  than  two  urinals  shall  be  construed 
as  being  a  group  of  urinals,  and  the  flush  pipe  or  pipes 
thereto  must  be  so  arranged  as  to  provide  an  equalized 
pressure  and  volume  of  water  to  all  and  each  urinal  on 
the  range. 


REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,  ETC. 


127 


SEC.  80.  Except  flushometer  urinals,  urinals  situated 
on  different  floors  or  stories  of  the  same  building  must  be 
supplied  by  tanks  located  on  the  same  floor  or  story  as 
that  on  which  the  urinals  are  respectively  located. 

SEC.  81.  Slop  hoppers  and  scullery  sinks,  when  set 
upon  a  floor,  must  be  connected  to  the  waste  pipe  with 
lead  pipe  wiped  on  to  a  brass  ferrule,  the  same  to  be 
caulked  with  molten  lead,  or  they  may  be  connected  with 
an  approved  iron  or  brass  connection.  Sinks  of  hotels, 
restaurants  and  boarding  houses  must  be  supplied  with 
grease  traps  where  required  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 
Such  traps  must  be  of  approved  design  and  water- jacket- 
ed and  cooled  by  running  cold  water  through  the  jacket. 

SEC.  82.  All  slop  hoppers  and  slop  sinks  shall  be 
provided  with  suitable  traps  of  not  less  than  two  inches 
internal  diameter.  They  must  be  provided  with  a  water 
faucet. 

SEC.  83.  When  located  upon  a  porch,  four  enameled 
slop  hoppers  or  slop  sinks  may  be  wasted  into  a  three  inch 
pipe,  and  provided  the  crown  of  the  trap  is  within  two 
feet  of  the  stack  waste  pipe,  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to 
back  vent  these  fixtures,  but  the  waste  stack  shall  be 
carried  full  bore  to  above  roof  line. 

SEC.  84.  When  and  where,  under  these  rules  and 
regulations,  it  is  required  that  the  size  of  the  waste  be 
increased,  as,  for  instance,  in  the  maximum  number  of 
hoppers  and  of  slop  sinks,  then  the  increased  size  shall 
be  run  up  to  above  the  roof  line  of  undiminshed  bore. 

SEC.  85.  Basins  may  be  wasted  by  one  and  one-half 
inch  trap. 

SEC.  86.  Dentists'  cuspidors  shall  waste  through  a 
one  and  one-quarter  inch  trap,  and  the  trap  shall  have 
a  one  and  one-quarter  inch  vent  pipe.  The  trap  shall  be 
within  two  feet  of  the  vent  pipe. 

SEC.  87.  On  the  inlet  side  of  the  trap  an  extension 
of  one  inch  waste  pipe  may  be  run  to  a  length  not  exceed- 
ing six  feet,  reckoning  from  the  trap's  seal  to  the  end 
of  the  one  inch  extension. 

Five  or  more  cuspidors  must  be  wasted  and  vented  by 
not  less  than  a  two  inch  main  waste  pipe  and  vent. 

SEC.  88.  No  wooden  sink  or  wash  tray  shall  be 
allowed  on  any  premises. 

SEC.  89.  Bath  tubs,  the  frame  of  which  is  wooden, 
and  which  said  frame  is  lined  with  sheet  metal,  are  not 
allowed. 

SEC.  90.  All  fixtures  must  be  open  to  the  free  circu- 
lation of  air  and  not  enclosed. 


Urinal 
supply, 
floors 


Hoppers ; 
grease  traps 


Hoppers ; 
traps 


Hoppers  on 
porches 


Hopper 
stack 


Basin    waste 
traps 

Dentist's    - 
cuspidors 


Extension  on 
inlet  side  of 
trap 


Wooden 
fixtures 

Bath   tubs 


Fixtures 
not    enclosed 


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ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Carriage 

wash    rooms 


Traps 


Traps, 
restrictions 


Traps 
relative    to 
vent 


Abutting 
sink  and 
tray 


Trap,    foot 
stacks 


Size  of 
traps 


Range 
traps 


Bell  traps 
Vents 


Vents  to 
roof 


Vents, 
angles  and 
sizes 


SEC.  91.  All  carriage  wash  rooms  connected  with 
the  sewer  system  must  be  provided  with  means  of  inter- 
cepting mud  and  constructed  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to 
the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

SEC.  92.  As  provided  for  in  these  rules,  all  fixtures 
must  be  effectively  trapped  and  vented,  and  the  traps  and 
vents  must  be  placed  as  near  to  the  outlet  of  the  fixtures 
served  as  practical,  all  in  conformity  with  this  article. 

SEC.  93.  Excepting  as  provided  for  ranges  of  closets 
and  urinals,  and  for  sectional  basins,  every  fixture  must 
be  separately  trapped. 

Excepting  as  specified  in  these  rules,  in  no  case  shall 
the  trap  of  one  fixture  connect  with  the  trap  of  another 
fixture. 

SEC.  94.  Excepting  as  provided  in  these  rules,  in  no 
case  shall  the  trap  serving  a  fixture  be  placed  at  a  distance 
greater  than  one  foot  from  the  outlet  of  the  fixture  it 
serves,  nor  shall  the  vent  pipe  serving  a  trap  be  placed  at 
a  distance  greater  than  two  feet  from  the  trap  it  serves. 

SEC.  95.  When  a  sink  and  a  wash  tray  or  a  range  of 
laundry  tubs  abut  on  one  another  and  they  are  practically 
one  fixture  and  are  in  the  same  room,  then  they  or  it  may 
be  served  by  one  trap. 

SEC.  96.  No  traps  shall  be  placed  at  the  foot  of  any 
vertical  soil  or  waste  pipe. 

SEC.  97.  No  fixtures  shall  have  a  trap  of  less  than 
one  and  one  half  inches  internal  diameter,,  provided, 
however,  that  dental  cuspidors  may  have  one  and  one- 
quarter  inch  traps. 

SEC.  98.  A  range  of  closets,  or  a  range  of  urinals, 
or  a  range  of  basins,  may  be  served  by  one  trap,  provided 
the  arrangement  thereof  receives  the  approval  of  the 
Plumbing  Inspector. 

SEC.  99.  Bell  traps  are  strictly  prohibited  in  every 
and  all  cases. 

SEC.  100.  Vent  pipes  and  all  fittings  shall  be  of  gal- 
vanized wrought  iron,  steel  or  cast-iron  and,  excepting  as 
provided  in  this  section  and  section  97,  they  shall  be  of  a 
bore  not  less  than  that  of  the  trap  served,  and  if  to  serve 
a  water  closet  or  slop  sink  or  hopper,  not  less  than  two 
inch  bore. 

SEC.  101.  All  vent  pipes  shall  be  run  separately  or 
combined  through  the  roof,  and  for  one  foot  above,  and 
are  to  be  left  open. 

SEC.  102.  Vent  pipes  must  be  run  with  as  few  bends 
as  possible,  and,  excepting  as  provided  for,  must  connect 
to  and  with  the  main  vertical  vent  at  an  angle  of  45  or 
60  degrees.  When  combined,  the  vent  pipes  must  be  in- 


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129 


creased  in  size  according  to  the  following  table.  Branch 
vents  serving  water  closets  shall  not  be  of  a  size  less 
than  described  in  the  following  table : 

2  basins  or  dental  cuspidors,  into  a  il/2  inch  vent; 

i  to  3  water  closets  or  7  small  fixtures,  into  a  2  inch 
vent ; 

4  to  5  water  closets  or  10  small  fixtures,  into  a  2.y2 
inch  vent ; 

6  to  8  water  closets  or  16  small  fixtures,  into  a  3  inch 
vent; 

9  or  more  water  closets  or  16  or  more  small  fixtures, 
into  a  4-inch  vent ; 

SEC.  103.  The  term  "branch  vent"  as  here  applied 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  all  that  vent  pipe  located 
1  etween  the  fixtures  served  and  the  point  where  the  vent 
joins  and  intersects  the  main  vertical  vent. 

SEC.  104.  All  vent  pipes  and  the  fittings  to  same  must 
be  so  arranged  that  no  sediment  shall  discharge  into  the 
waste  pipes  so  as  to  be  carried  ofT  by  the  waste  discharge, 
and,  where  architectural  conditions  require,  the  bottom 
of  the  vent  shall  be  carried  to  and  below  the  lowest  fix- 
ture on  the  line. 

SEC.  105.  In  no  case  shall  a  vent  pipe  serving  any 
fixture  intersect  with  a  main  or  a  branch  vent  at  a  point 
of  intersection  less  than  three  feet  six  inches  above  the 
floor  upon  which  the  fixture  to  be  vented  shall  be  located. 

SEC.  106.  Water  closets,  located  either  within  the 
building  or  upon  any  portion  of  the  premises  (excepting 
as  provided  for  yard  fixtures  in  eection  108)  if  the  soil 
drop  does  not  extend  ten  feet,  may  be  vented  by  a  two 
inch  vent  pipe  for  a  distance  of  thirty-five  feet,  then  the 
entire  vent  shall  be  two  and  one-half  inches.  Single 
water  closets  may  be  vented  by  a  two  inch  vent  pipe. 

SEC.  107.  In  each  and  every  building  to  be  used  as 
a  residence,  or  otherwise,  and  where  a  water  closet,  or 
closets,  is  or  are,  situated,  either  within  the  building  or 
upon  any  portion  of  the  lot  outside  of  said  building,  it 
shall  be  required,  in  any  and  all  cases,  that  at  least  one 
four  inch  .vent  pipe  shall  be  continued  to  a  point  one  foot 
above  the  roof  line,  and  this  irrespective  of  the  location 
of  the  closet  or  closets  or  drop. 

SEC.  108.  When  a  fixture  is  located  in  a  yard,  and 
it  is  ten  or  more  feet  from  any  building  and  the  room 
in  which  the  fixture  is  located  is  not  connected  with  any 
buildirg,  then  the  fixtures,  trap  or  traps,  need  not  be 
vented. 

SEC.  109.  Where,  under  these  rules,  cast-iron  vent 
pipe  is  allowed,  then  double  hubs  are  allowed,  but  on  the 
vent  pipe  only. 


Table  of 
sizes  of 
vents  ; 
branch  ; 
sizes  of 
vents  and 
fixtures 
allowed 


Branch 
vents 


Sediment 


Three    feet 
six  inches 
intersections 


Vents  for 
pipes 


Soil   stacks 
and  vents 


Yard  fixtures, 

ten-foot 

limit 


Double    hubs 
on   vents 


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ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Combination 
waste    and 
vent   fittings 

Kitchen 
extensions 
and    roofs 


Vent 
terminations 


Caps    and 
cowls 


Air   shaft 
requirements 


Air   shaft 
restrictions 


Air  shaft 
enlargements 


Air    exhaust 


Ventilation 
requirements 


Water  pipe  ; 
inspection 


SEC.  no.  Combination  waste  and  vent  fittings 
which  are  tapped  at  all  openings,  or  tapped  and  belled 
for  caulking,  are  allowable. 

SEC.  in.  When  fixtures  are  located  within  kitchen 
and  similar  extensions  or  when  a  roof  is  used  for  yard 
purposes,  or  when  an  opening  in  the  main  building  is  to 
be  guarded,  vents  must  be  carired  over  to  the  main 
building  to  a  point  not  less  than  one  foot  above  the  line 
of  the  main  roof,  and  where  any  vent  extends  more  than 
four  feet  through  the  roof,  the  vent  stack  must  be  of 
galvanized  wrought  iron  or  steel. 

SEC.  112.  No  soil  or  vent  pipe  shall  terminate  at 
a  point  within  ten  feet  of  the  bottom  of  any  door  or  win- 
dow or  house  tank  of  main  structure. 

SEC.  113.  No  cap  or  cowl  shall  be  affixed  to  the  top 
of  any  ventilating  pipe. 

SEC.  114.  Each  and  every  compartment  wherein  a 
hath,  water  closet,  urinal  or  slop  or  scullery  sink  is  situ- 
ated, shall  be  ventilated  by  means  of  a  window  opening 
directly  to  -the  external  atmosphere,  or  by  means  of  an 
air  shaft  having  an  area  of  at  least  two  square  feet.  This 
air  shaft  shall  continue  of  undiminished  size  to  the  roof, 
and  at  this  point  its  opening  shall  equal  in  area  not  less 
than  that  of  the  shaft. 

Every  gas  water  heater  shall  be  properly  vented 
through  a  conductor  leading  to  outside  air,  said  vent  pipe 
to  have  an  inside  end  area  of  at  least  six  and  three- 
quarters  square  inches. 

SEC.  115.  No  air  shaft  or  window  ventilating  either 
a  bath,  water  closet,  urinal,  slop  or  scullery  sink  com- 
partment shall  discharge  into  or  ventilate  any  other 
compartment  whatsoever. 

SEC.  116.  The  provisions  of  section  114  shall  not 
prevent  the  enlargement  of  air  shafts  to  a  size  suitable 
and  adequate  to  ventilate  a  series  of  closets,  urinals,  slops 
or  scullery  compartments. 

SEC.  117.  The  requirements  of  these  rules  shall  not 
apply  to  a  ventilating  system  of  sufficient  capacity  to 
exhaust  to  a  point  above  the  roof  all  the  air  in  the  com- 
partment, or  compartments,  referred  to  in  this  section, 
every  ten  minutes. 

SEC.  1 1 8.  In  all  cases  covered  by  this  article,  the 
manner  and  system  of  ventilating  must  meet  with  the 
approval  of  and  be  installed  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
Plumbing  Inspector. 

SEC.  119.  All  water  pipe  work  done  in  any  building 
in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  be  subjected  to  the  inspec- 


REGULATING  CONSTRUCTION,   ETC. 


tion  of  the  Plumbing  Inspector  and  tested  as  hereinafter 
described.  Notice  must  be  given  the  Plumbing  Inspec- 
tor in  writing,  when  the  water  piping  is  ready  for  inspec- 
tion, and  the  work  must  be  uncovered  and  convenient 
for  examination.  All  necessary  tools,  labor  and  assist- 
ance for  the  requisite  tests  and  inspections  shall  be 
furnished  by  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  having 
control  of  the  work. 

SEC.  1 20.  When  upon  examination  by  the  Plumbing 
Inspector,  it  appears  that  any  water  pipe  work  is  de- 
fective, either  in  construction  or  material,  the  same 
shall  be  altered  or  repaired  to  conform  to  the  regula- 
tions set  forth  in  this  article.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  to  use  any  water  through  or 
by  means  of  any  piping  or  fittings  in  any  building  until 
the  same  shall  have  been  inspected  and  approved  by  the 
Plumbing  Inspector  and  a  certificate  shall  have  been 
issued  by  him  approving  the  work. 

SEC.  121.  The  size  of  the  water  pipe  used  must  vary 
with  the  length  of  the  pipe,  the  height  of  building  and 
the  number  of  openings : 

(a)  Not  more  than  two  openings  shall  be  made  on  a 
half-inch  branch  pipe,  nor  shall  any  one-  half-inch  branch 
be  more  than  ten  feet  long. 

(b)  The  service  pipe  to  a  one  story  building  having 
not  more  than  fourteen  openings  within  the  building  and 
about  the  grounds  shall  be  at  least  three-quarter  inch 
pipe.     No  faucet  or  opening  larger  than  three-quarter 
inch  shall  be  permitted. 

(c)  For  a  two-story  building  having  plumbing  fix- 
tures on  the  second  floor,  a  one  inch  service  pipe  must 
be  laid  from  the  street  main  to  the  first  second-story 
riser  within   the   building.     A  total  of  not   more  than 
twenty-four  openings  shall  be  made  on  a  one  inch  service, 
and  no  opening  shall  be  larger  than  three-quarter  inches. 

(d)  For   large   buildings   and   for   cases   where   the 
openings  in  the  piping  system  are  more  than  one  hundred 
feet  from  the  house  meter,  the  size  of  pipes  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

(e)  All  wash  trays  shall  be  supplied  through  three- 
quarter  inch  pipe  and  have  three-quarter  inch  openings 
and  faucets. 

(f)  All  piping  and  fittings  shall  be  of  standard  gal- 
vanized   iron    or    steel.     Short   lengths    of    lead   piping 
known  to  the  trade  as  (A.  A.)  or  brass  piping  may  be 
used  to  attach  plumbing  fixtures. 

(g)  All  faucets  on  the  inside  of  a  building  shall  be 


Use   of 
defective 
pipes,    etc., 
prohibited 


Size    of    pipe 
Openings 


One    story 
building 


Two    story 
building 


Large 
buildings 


Wash    trays 


Galvanized 
iron  or 
steel 


Faucets 


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ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Piping, 
supporting, 
cutting, 
inspection 


Valves 


Water 
pressure 


Boilers 

Leaks,  etc. 
exempt 

Condemna- 
tion 


Penalty 


provided  with  air  chambers  consisting  of  a  section  of 
pipe  equal  in  size  to  the  riser  supplying  the  opening,  and 
not  less  than  eighteen  inches  long. 

(h)  All  piping  shall  be  firmly  supported  by  strap- 
ping same  to  building  with  approved  straps  placed  not 
more  than  five  feet  apart.  After  cutting,  or  where  the 
pipe  is  found  contracted,  it  shall  be  reamed  out  to  full 
bore,  and  it  must  be  thoroughly  cleared  of  cuttings  and 
dirt  on  the  inside  before  being  used  in  the  work.  The 
Plumbing  Inspector  shall  have  the  right  to  order  one  or 
more  fittings,  or  any  part  of  the  piping  system,  to  be 
opened  up  for  inspection  at  any  time  during  the  progress 
of  the  work. 

(i)  There  shall  be  one  gate  valve  provided  on  the 
main  service  at  the  house  line,  also  an  approved  valve 
at  each  water  closet  and  on  the  inlet  pipe  to  each  boiler. 

(j)  All  water  piping  shall  be  made  perfectly  tight 
and  suitable  for  a  water  pressure  of  100  pounds  to  the 
square  inch.  The  person,  firm  or  corporation  installing 
the  piping  shall  subject  the  system  to  a  water  test  of  125 
pounds  per  square  inch  when  requested  so  to  do  by  the 
Plumbing  Inspector. 

SEC.  122.  All  range  boilers  installed  shall  be  of  the 
style  known  as  "extra  heavy." 

SEC.  123.  The  requirements  of  these  rules  and  regu- 
lations shall  not  be  construed  to  include  leaks,  the  repair 
of  faucets,  breaks  in  pipes  or  stoppages  of  pipes. 

SEC.  124.  When  a  building  has  been  inspected  and 
the  plumbing  work  condemned  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector 
as  being  in  an  unsanitary  condition,  then  the  Board  of 
Public  Safety  shall  give  a  written  notice  to  that  effect, 
infonring  the  agent  or  owner  to  repair  the  defective 
plumbing  therein,  so  as  to  place  the  building  in  a  sanitary 
condition,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  or  agent 
to  suffer,  allow  or  permit  an  occupied  building  to  remain 
in  an  unsanitary  condition. 

SEC.  125.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  not  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars,  or 
by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  ninety  days,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


PART  VI 

PUBLIC   SERVICE    CORPORA- 
TIONS 


ARTICLE  I 
GOVERNING  ELECTRIC  LIGHTING  PLANTS 

SEC.  i.  By  the  term  "company"  as  used  in  this 
article  is  meant  any  corporation,  co-partnership,  asso- 
ciation or  person  engaged  in  the  business  of  furnishing 
or  selling  electricity  for  lighting,  power  and  heating 
purposes  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  2,  For  the  purposes  of  this  article,  a  "meter" 
is  defined  to  be  an  instrument  or  appliance  for  measuring 
quantity  of  electric  energy,  so  adjusted  and  maintained 
as  to  correctly  register,  in  kilowatt  hours,  within  two  per 
cent,  plus  or  minus,  the  amount  of  electric  energy 
measured  by  it,  when  compared  with  and  tested  by  a 
standard  wattmeter.  Whenever  a  meter  is  required  by 
this  article  it  shall  conform  to  the  definition  and  require- 
ments of  this  section. 

SEC.  3.  The  City  Electrician  may  at  any  time  ex- 
amine and  test  any  electric  meter  installed  or  about  to  be 
installed  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  for  measuring  electric 
energy,  and  for  such  purpose  may  disconnect  and  remove 
any  ir.eter  from  any  place  where  installed  or  placed  to 
the  testing  place  selected  by  him.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  hinder,  impede  or  inter- 
fere with  the  City  Electrician  in  making  examination  or 
test  of  any  meter. 

SEC.  4.  Every  company  shall  install  and  maintain 
at  or  upon  the  premises  of  each  of  its  customers  a  meter 
for  the  purpose  of  measuring  and  determining  the  amount 
of  electric  energy  furnished  to  such  customer.  It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  company,  or  any  officer,  agent,  ser- 


Definition    of 
"company" 


Of  "meter" 


City  Electri- 
cian to  test 
ineters 


Company   to 
furnish   all 
meters 


134 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Rates 
classified 


Establishing 
rates 


vant  or  employee  of  any  company,  to  sell  or  furnish 
electric  energy  to  any  consumer  or  person  in  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto  unless  such  energy  be  measured  by  a  meter  so 
installed  and  maintained.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
company  or  any  officer,  agent,  servant  or  employee  of 
any  company,  directly  'or  indirectly,  in  any  form  or  man- 
ner, to  charge,  demand,  collect  or  receive  payment  or 
compensation  for  electric  energy  furnished  which  is  not 
based  upon  and  proportioned  to  the  amount  of  energy 
actually  furnished  and  determined  and  measured  by  a 
meter  installed  and  maintained  as  herein  provided. 

SEC.  5.  For  the  purpose  of  fixing  and  establishing 
rates,  electric  energy  sold  or  furnished  in  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto  by  any  company,  for  lighting,  power  and 
heating  shall  be  classified  as  follows,  beginning  July  i. 
1911 : 

For  lighting:  From  a  maximum  of  7^  cents  per 
Kw.  hour  to  a  minimum  of  4  cents  per  Kw.  hour,  depend- 
ing upon  the  monthly  consumption  as  indicated  by  the 
rate  curve  diagram  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk. 

For  motor  and  poiver  loads :  Any  quantity  at  4  cents 
per  Kw.  hour. 

For  heating,  cooking  and  household  electrical  appli- 
ances: Any  quantity  at  3  cents  per  Kw.  hour. 

Provided,  however,  that  a  minimum  monthly  charge 
may  be  collected  for  electric  service,  which  charge  shall 
be  one  dollar  ($1.00)  per  meter. 

SEC.  6.  Any  company  desiring  to  establish  rates 
for  electric  energy  by  it  furnished  in  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto  less  than  the  rates  fixed  by  Section  5  of  this  article 
may  do  so  by  filing  with  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto,  and  publishing  for  a  period  of  thirty  (30' 
days,  commencing  with  the  day  of  said  filing,  in  a  news- 
paper of  general  circulation  published  at  least  six  (6) 
days  a  week  in  said  City,  a  schedule  of  rates  it  desires 
and  elects  to  establish.  The  rates  thus  established  must 
he  based  upon  and  proportioned  to  the  amount  of  electric 
energy  actually  furnished  as  measured  and  registered  by 
a  meter.  They  must  follow  and  conform  to  the  classifica- 
tion established  by  Section  5  of  this  article.  No  rate  shall 
he  higher  than  the  rate  fixed  by  Section  5  of  this  article 
for  the  corresponding  class  of  energy,  and  the  minimum 
monthly  charge  in  said  section  provided  shall  not  be 
increased. 

SEC.  7.  All  electric  energy  sold  or  furnished  for 
power,  heating  or  purposes  other  than  lighting,  when  not 
measured  by  a  separate  meter  installed  and  maintained 


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for   the    purpose    of   measuring   such    energy,    shall   he  Rates  for 
deemed  ard  considered  as  electric  energy  furnished  for  power,  heat- 
lightirg  purposes,  and  the   furnishing  and   sale  thereof 
and  the  rates  therefor,  shall  be  in  all  respects  subject  to 
the  conditions  and  provisions  of  this  article. 

SEC.  8.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  company  which   Governing 
has   not,   as   provided   by  Section   6  hereof,   established   rebates, 
rates  different  from  those  fixed  by  Section  5  hereof,  or  ™^ 
for   any   officer,   agent,   collector   or   employee   of   such 
company,  directly  or  indirectly,  by  the  use  of  false  or 
inaccurate  meters,  or  by  false  or  inaccurrate  reading  of 
meters,  or  by  any  special  rebate,  drawback  or  other  de- 
vice, or  in  any  manner  or  form,  to  charge,  demand,  col- 
lect or  receive  any  rate  or  rates,  or  payment  or  compensa- 
tion or  consideration   for  electric  energy  furnished  for 
lighting  purposes  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  greater  or  less 
than  or  different  from  the  rates  herein  fixed. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  company  which  has,  as  False  meters 
provided  by  Section  6  hereof,  established  rates  different  or  meter 
from  those  fixed  by  Section  5  hereof,  or  for  any  officer, 
agent,  collector  or  employee  of  such  company,  directly 
or  indirectly,  by  the  use  of  false  or  inaccurate  meters, 
or  by  false  or  inaccurate  reading  of  meters,  or  by  any 
special  rebate,  drawback  or  other  device,  or  in  any 
manner  or  form,  to  charge,  demand,  collect  or  receive 
any  rate  or  rates,  or  payment  or  compensation  or  con- 
sideration for  electric  energy  by  it  furnished  for  lighting 
purposes  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  greater  or  less  than 
or  different  from  its  said  rates  so  established. 

The  furnishing  to  each  customer  or  person  of  electric  Meter   meas- 
energy  other  than  by  meter  measurement  as  herein  pro-  ure  at  rates 
vided,  or  at  rates  other  than  as  herein  fixed  or  established 
as   herein    permitted,    shall  be   deemed    unlawful,    and 
a  separate  and  distinct  offense,  and  each  such  offense 
shall  be  punished  as  herein  provided. 

For  each  customer  or  person  to,  or  upon  whom,  any  Separate 
charge  or  demand  is  made,  or  from  whom  any  money  or  offenses 
thing  of  value  is  collected  or  received,  as,  or  for,  rate, 
payment,    compensation    or    consideration    for    electric 
energy  at  rates  other  than,  or  different  from,  those  herein 
fixed  or  established  as  herein  permitted,  a  separate  and 
distinct   offense   shall   be   deemed   committed   and   each 
such  offense  shall  be  punished  as  herein  provided. 

SEC.  9.     Any  person,  firm,  corporation,   whether  as  Penalty 
owner   or   lessee,    principal,    agent,    clerk   or   employee, 
either   for   himself   or   itself,   or   for   any  other  person, 
firm  or  corporation,  which,  or  who,  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  article,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 


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Changing 
rates 


Electric 
energy    furn- 
ished   to 
City 


demeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceeding  six 
months,  or  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  10.  Nothing  herein  contained,  nor  any  action 
or  circumstance  taken  or  arising  hereunder,  shall  be 
deemed  a  waiver  of,  or  abridge,  the  powers  of  the  City 
to,  at  any  time,  fix  or  change  rates  or  regulate  the  furn- 
ishing or  sale  of  electricity  for  any  purpose. 

SEC.  ii.  Nothing  in  this  article  contained  shall 
apply  to  the  furnishing  of  electric  energy  to  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto  for  lighting  its  streets,  alleys,  or  parks,  or  for 
operating  its  Public  Ltilities. 


ARTICLE   II 

GOVERNING    TELEPHONE    SERVICE    AND 
RATES 

Fixing  rates  SEC.  i.  The  maximum  rates  or  compensation  to 
te  collected  by  any  person,  company  or  corporation  for 
telephonic  service  supplied  to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  or 
to  the  inhabitants  thereof,  subject  to  change  by  the 
Council,  shall  be  as  follows: 

Business          Business  and  Professional  Rates: 

The  following  maximum  charges  shall  be  made  for 
business  and  professional  service : 

Single  party  For  a  single-party  line  telephone,  business  or  profes- 

sional, including  all  exchange  switches  as  per  present 
schedule  of  the  Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, $3.25  per  month; 

Two  party  For  a  two-party  line  telephone,  business  or  profes- 

sional, including  all  exchange  switches  as  per  present 
scheiule  of  the  Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, $2.25  per  month. 

Residence        Residence  Rates: 

The   following  maximum  charges   shall  be  made   for 
residence  flat  rate  service : 

Single  party  For  a  single-party  line  residence  telephone,  including 
all  exchange  switches  as  per  present  schedule  of  the 
Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  $2.00  per 
month ; 

Two  party  For  a  two-party  line  residence  telephone,  including 

all  exchange  switches  as  per  present  schedule  of  the 
Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  $1.75  per 
month ; 


PUBLIC   SERVICE   CORPORATIONS  137 

For  a  four-party  line  residence  telephone,  including   Four  party 
all   exchange   switches   as   per   present   schedule   of  the 
Pacific   Telephone   and   Telegraph   Company,   $1.50   per 
month. 

For    each    extension    of   a    residence    telephone   the    Extensions 
maximum  charge  shall  be  a  sum  not  to  exceed  50  cents 
per  month. 

For  each  extension  of  a  business  telephone  the  maxi- 
mum charge  shall  be  a  sum  not  to  exceed  $1.00  per 
month. 

SEC.  2.  The  term  "telephone"  as  used  in  this  article  Apparatus 
is  hereby  defined  to  mean  both  a  transmitter  and  a 
receiver.  It  shall  be  optional  with  the  person  demand- 
ing telephonic  service  to  elect  to  take  or  use  either 
portable  or  stationary  telephonic  apparatus  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  person,  company  or  corporation  supply- 
ing telephonic  service  in  the  City  to  furnish  such  appa- 
ratus without  additional  cost,  except  as  in  this  article 
provided. 

Single  conversation  on  party  lines  shall  not  exceed  Five-minute 
five  minutes.  rule 

Upon  the  application  in  writing  of  the  owner  or  occu- 
pant of  any  building  or  premises  distant  not  more  than  Service 
three  hundred  feet  from  any  underground  conduit  or  se^en  da^ 
pole  line  of  the  person,  company  or  corporation  furn- 
ishing telephonic  service,  and  payment  by  the  applicant 
of  all  money  due  from  him,  the  person,  company  or  cor- 
poration must  within  seven  days  supply  telephonic  ser- 
vice as  required  for  such  building  or  premises,  and  can- 
not refuse  on  the  ground  of  any  indebtedness  of  any 
former  owner  or  occupant  thereof,  unless  the  applicant 
has  undertaken  to  pay  the  same.  No  deposit  shall  be 
required  for  service  requested  by  any  taxpayer  of  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  company  or , 
corporation  furnishing  telephonic  service  in  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto  to  refuse  to  give  said  service  to  any  applicant 
or  subscriber  upon  any  party  line  herein  designated,  or 
to  charge  a  greater  monthly  rental  than  provided  by  this 
article  for  any  service  given ;  and 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  company  or  cor- 
poration to  discontinue  any  service  on  party  line  or  lines 
herein  designated  so  long  as  any  demand  for  said  service 
is  made  by  any  inhabitant  or  inhabitants  of  said  City. 

Provided,  that  the  rates  herein  established  and  fixed   Present   free 
for  service  on  any  of  the  party  lines  herein  designated   exchange 
are  expressly  fixed  at  said  maximum  charge  on  the  con- 
sideration that  said  rates  shall  include  the  present  free 


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Amendments 


Penalty 


exchange  telephone  service  with  Stanford  University, 
Mayfield,  Menlo  Park,  Fair  Oaks,  Redwood  City,  and 
all  other  points  to  which  free  exchange  is  now  given 
to  the  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

This  article  may  be  amended  by  the  Council  at  any 
time  a  change  is  made  by  any  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration doing  a  telephone  business  in  the  City  which 
affects  the  value  of  the  service  rendered,  or  the  present 
free  exchange  telephone  service  above  stated. 

SEC.  3.  Any  person,  company  or  corporation,  or  any 
officer  or  agent  of  any  person,  company  or  corporation 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
tion thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding 
three  hundred  dollars  ($300.00),  or  by  imprisonment 
not  exceeding  three  (3)  months,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment,  and  such  person,  company  or  corpor- 
ation, or  officer  or  agent  of  any  such  person,  company  or 
corporation,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  separate  offense  for 
every  day  that  such  violation  shall  continue,  and  shall 
be  subject  to  the  penalty  imposed  by  this  section  for 
each  and  every  separate  offense. 


Fixing    rates 
for    meters 
at  fifty  cents 
per    month 


Meters  to  be 
installed 
within    five 
days  after 
receipt    of 
written 
notice 


Unlawful    to 
collect    de- 
posit   from 
taxpayers 


ARTICLE  III 
GOVERNING    GAS    SERVICE    AND    RATES 

SEC.  i.  The  minimum  charge  for  gas  consumed  by 
consumers,  independent  of  reading,  is  hereby  fixed  at 
the  sum  of  fifty  cents  per  month,  and  it  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful for  any  person,  company  or  corporation  selling  gas  to 
consumers  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  to  make  or  collect 
any  sum  in  excess  of  said  minimum  charge  unless  the 
meters  of  said  company  show  that  the  company  is  entitled 
to  a  larger  sum  for  the  actual  amount  of  gas  consumed  at 
the  rates  fixed  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person,  company  or  corporation  furn- 
ishing gas  to  consumers  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
install  meters  at  the  request  of  the  consumer  within  five 
days  after  receiving  written  notice  requesting  said  instal- 
lation ;  provided  that  this  rule  shall  not  apply  where 
new  pipes  have  to  be  laid  on  streets  or  avenues  and  until 
existing  bills  for  gas  against  the  applicant  have  been 
paid. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  com- 
pany or  corporation  furnishing  gas  to  consumers  in  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  to  require  any  deposit  from  consumers 
who  are  tax  payers  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 


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SEC.  4.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  com-  Fixing  rate 
pany  or  corporation  to  make  a  greater  charge  than  fifty  for  installing 
cents  for  the  installment  of  any  meter  in  any  house  after   j 
the  first  installation  in  said  house  has  been  made.  ati0n  at 

SEC.  5.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  com-   50  cents 
pany  or  corporation  to  turn  back  or  change  the  dial  or 
dials  of  any  meter  unless  same  is  done  in  the  presence  of   Dials   to   be 
the  consumer  or  his  agent.  turned  back 

SEC.  6.     It  shall  be  unlawful   for  any  person,  firm,  £  JJ52S 
company  or  corporation  supplying  gas  for  light  or  fuel  Of   consumer 
purposes  to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  or  any  of  the  inhabi- 
tants thereof,   or  any  consumer  therein,  to  charge  for   charge   for 
making  any  connection  between  his,  their  or  its  pipes,   laying   pipe 
and  to  those  of  any  person  applying  for  gas,  more  than  ?"d 
the  actual  cost  of  doing  the  same.     Gas  shall  be  delivered  pressure 
into  the  consumer's  pipes   at   an   even   pressure,   which 
shall  not  be  less  than  two  inches  water  pressure,  and 
such   gas   shall   be   supplied   promptly   and   in   sufficient 
quantity  to  all  paying  consumers  thereof  and  to  all  per- 
sons  applying   therefor   on   or   adjacent   to   any   street, 
avenue  or  alley  along  which  the  mains  of  said  person, 
firm,  company  or  corporation  shall  have  been  extended. 

SEC.  7.     The  owner  of  any  premises  in  the  City  of   Providing 
Palo  Alto  shall  have  the  right  upon  obtaining  a  permit  that  owners 
from  the  Board  of  Public  Works  so  to  do,  to  lay  gas    ™^  tha/the 
pipes  from  his  premises  to  the  curb  in  any  street,  avenue   company 
or  alley  in  this  City.    After  said  pipes  have  been  so  laid   shall   furnish 
by  said  owner,  and  he  has  had  the  same  properly  inspect-  sas 
ed  by  the  City  Engineer  and  received  a  certificate  from 
the  City  Engineer  to  the  effect  that  said  pipes  have  been 
properly  and  safely  laid,  it  shall  then  be  unlawful  for 
any  person,  firm,  company  or  corporation  supplying  gas 
in  said  City,  to  refuse  to  connect  said  pipes  with  his, 
their  or  its  main  and  deliver  gas  to  said  owner  or  con- 
sumer requesting  the  same. 

SEC.  8.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm.   Removal  of 
company  or  corporation  to  remove  any  meter  from  the  meters  from 
house,  store,  factory  or  premises  of  any  consumer  of  gas,  F 
in  this  City,  against  the  will  and  consent  of  any  such  con- 
sumer of  gas,  who  is  willing  to  pay  for  gas  furnished 
him,  and  tenders  the  amount  due  at  the  price  estimated 
and  fixed  by  ordinance  of  this  City  and  in  accordance 
with  this  article. 

SEC.  9.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  com-  Unlawful  to 
pany  or  corporation  to  take,  collect  or  accept  any  charge   charge  in 
for  gas  or  meters  which  does  not  comply  herewith  or   ^eatlon  c 
with  the  ordinances  of  this  City,  fixing  the  charge  per 
thousand  feet  for  the  use  of  gas  for  the  fiscal  year. 


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Penalty  SEC.   io.     Any  person,  company  or  corporation  vio- 

lating the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall 
te  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  three  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  ninety  days 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  IV 


Certificate 
of  registra- 
tion 


Certificate 
necessary 


Installation 
of  wires,  etc. 


Bond 


PLACING,  INSTALLING,  OPERATING  AND  RE- 
MOVING ELECTRICAL  WIRES  AND  AP- 
PARATUS 

SEC.  i.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged 
in  conducting  the  business  of  placing,  installing  or  oper- 
ating* electrical  wires,  appliances,  apparatus  or  construc- 
tion in  or  on  any  buildings  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
appear  in  person,  or  by  a  duly  authorized  representative, 
at  the  office  of  the  City  Electrician,  and  shall  there 
register  his  name  and  place  of  business  in  said  City, 
which  act,  upon  his  being  sworn,  shall  entitle  him  to 
a  certificate  of  registration ;  provided,  however,  that 
no  certificate  of  registration  shall  be  granted  for  a 
period  of  time  of  more  than  one  fiscal  year  or  the  unex- 
pired  portion  thereof. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm 
or  corporation  to  engage  in  conducting  the  business  of 
placing,  installing  or  operating  electrical  wires,  appli- 
ances, apparatus  or  construction  in  or  on  buildings  in  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  without  first  obtaining  a  certificate  of 
registration  from  the  City  Electrician,  and  said  certifi- 
cate shall  be  renewed,  as  provided  for  in  Section  i  of 
this  article,  within  thirty  days  after  the  first  day  of  July 
of  each  year. 

SEC.  3.  The  placing,  installing  or  operating  of  elec- 
trical wires,  appliances,  apparatus  or  construction  in 
or  on  buildings  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  be  exe- 
cuted in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  article 
and  under  the  supervision  of  the  City  Electrician. 

SEC.  4.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged 
in  conducting  the  business  of  placing,  installing  or  oper- 
ating electrical  wires,  appliances,  apparatus  or  construc- 
tion in  or  on  buildings  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  shall 
hefcre  registration,  give  a  bond  to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 
in  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars,  with  good  and 
sufficient  sureties,  for  the  faithful  compliance  with  the 


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141 


provisions  of  this  article,  and  said  bond  shall  be  approved 
by,  and  filed  with,  the  City  Electrician. 

SEC.  5.  The  failure,  neglect  or  refusal  on  the  part 
of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  after  due  notification 
by  the  City  Electrician,  to  correct,  obviate  or  remove 
any  fault,  error  or  deficiency  in  placing,  installing 
or  operating  electrical  wires,  appliances,  apparatus  or 
construction  in  or  on  buildings,  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto, 
shall  be  deemed  sufficient  cause  for  the  City  Electrician, 
and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  to  suspend  said  certificate 
of  registration  for  a  period  not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

SEC.  6.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  supply 
electric  current  to,  equip  with  wiring,  fixtures  or  appara- 
tus, or  make  any  alterations  of,  or  changes  in,  or  addition 
to,  any  electrical  wiring  or  apparatus  in  any  building 
without  first  notifying  the  City  Electrician  in  writing, 
and  receiving  from  him  a  written  permit  to  do  the  work. 
Such  permit  shall  state  the  kind  of  work  to  be  done,  and 
shall  cover  only  the  kind  of  work  so  designated.  Such 
permit  shall  also  state  the  location  by  street  and  number 
of  the  building  where  such  work  is  to  be  done,  and 
shall  he  valid  only  for  the  location  so  stated.  And  when 
an  equipment  is  found  to  conform  to  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations adopted  herein,  the  City  Electrician  shall  issue 
a  certificate  that  such  rules  and  regulations  have  been 
complied  with ;  but  no  certificate  shall  be  granted  until 
the  equipment  is  made  to  conform  to  the  rules  prescribed 
herein,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  use  any  current  for 
such  building  until  a  certificate  has  been  furnished 
according  to  the  terms  of  this  article. 

SEC.  7.  The  City  Electrician  may,  before  such  certi- 
ficate is  issued,  grant  a  temporary  permit  to  furnish  and 
use  electric  current  through  any  wires,  apparatus  and 
appliances,  for  a  period  not  exceeding  ten  days  if,  in  his 
judgment,  such  wires,  apparatus  or  apppliances  are  in 
such  condition  that  current  may  be  safely  used  therein, 
and  there  exists  an  urgent  necessity  for  such  use. 

SEC.  8.  The  rules  and  regulations  of  the  National 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  as  embodied  in  their  Nation- 
al Electrical  Code,  as  amended  and  published  from  time 
to  time,  are  hereby  adopted  as  the  rules  and  regulations 
of  the  Department  of  Electricity,  and  this  Section  shall 
be  construed  as  a  continual  adoption  of  the  latest  rules 
and  regulations  of  said  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters. 

SEC.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Electrician 
to  inspect  all  electrical  equipment  from  time  to  time, 
and  if  any  part  of  any  electrical  equipment  in  or  about 


Suspension 
of  certifi- 
cate 


Permit  and 
certificate 


Temporary 
permit 


Rules 


Inspection 
notice  to 
repair 


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Fees 


Building 
permit  issued 
before    elec- 

Piping   to   be 

in  place 

before 

inspection 


Unlawful   to 
remove 
buildings 
with  electri- 


notice 


any  building  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  be  found  to 
he  dangerous  to  life  or  property  the  City  Electrician 
shall  have  the  right  and  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty, 
to  notify  the  owner  of  the  building  or  equipment  to 
cease  using  electric  current  in  such  dangerous  equip- 
ment, and  to  have  the  defects  in  such  equipment  repaired 
within  a  reasonable  time,  not  exceeding  ten  days  from 
the  date  of  notice.  The  City  Electrician  is  also 
authorized  to  give  written  notice  to  the  company  furnish- 
ing the  electric  current  to  any  such  dangerous  equipment 
to  cease  to  supply  the  same  until  the  defects  are  repaired. 
In  a  prosecution  for  a  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Section  each  day's  neglect  to  comply  herewith  shall  be 
considered  and  taken  as  a  separate  violation. 

SEC.  io.  When  an  application  for  a  permit  for  wir- 
ing in  or  about  any  building  is  made,  the  person,  firm  or 
corporation  desiring  to  install  such  equipment  shall, 
before  the  permit  is  given,  pay  to  the  City  Auditor  the 
following  fees  : 

For  each  outlet  at  which  current  is  to  be  controlled 
or  issued,  five  cents.  Provided,  however,  as  a  minimum, 
the  total  amount  of  any  bill  of  fees  to  be  charged  shall 
not  be  less  than  seventy-five  cents. 

For  inspection  of  electrical  apparatus  for  which  no 
fee  is  herein  prescribed,  or  for  any  inspection  service 
rendered,  a  fee  of  seventy-five  cents  per  hour  shall  be 
charged  for  the  time  actually  consumed  in  making  the 
inspection. 

SEC.  ii.  In  cases  where  a  building  permit  is  neces- 
sary,  the  electrical  permit  shall  not  be  issued  until  after 
fa^  building  permit  has  been  issued. 

SEC.  12.  All  plumbing  and  other  piping  or  tube  work 
must  be  in  place  on  work  to  be  concealed  before  the  elec- 

,    .      «       .    .    L    .     .  j  j  .         .    .  ...  i 

tncal  wiring  is  inspected,  and  no  such  wiring  will  be  con- 
sidered  as  completed  until  such  piping  is  in  place.  Upon 
making  an  inspection  of  any  electrical  equipment,  the  in- 
spector shall  leave  a  notice  at  a  conspicuous  place  on 
the  building  stating  that  the  electrical  work  has  been  in- 
spected by  the  Department  of  Electricity.  It  shall  be 
unlawful  to  lath,  seal  or  in  any  manner  conceal  any 
electrical  wiring  or  other  work  until  the  same  has  been 
inspected  as  herein  required. 

SEC.  T3-  ^  sna^  ^e  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm 
or  corporation  to  remove  any  building,  where  such  remov- 
al  will  require  the  removal  or  displacement  of  any  over- 
head  electrical  wires,  until  after  forty-eight  hours  after 
notice  in  writing  has  been  given  by  the  person,  firm,  or 
corporation  proposing  to  remove  such  building  to  the 


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person,  firm  or  corporation  owning  or  operating  such 
electrical  wires  or  appurtenances. 

SEC.  14.     Upon   receipt  of  such   notice  the  person,  Persons 
firm  or  corporation  owning  or  operating  such  electrical  removing 
wires  or  appurtenances  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  £ 
thereafter,  furnish  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  pro-  rem0val  of 
posing  such  removal  an  estimate  showing  the  maximum  wires 
cost  of   removal  and   displacement  of  such  wires;   and 
such  wires  shall  be  removed  and  replaced  in  such  manner 
as  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  owning  or  operating 
them  shall  determine  to  be  necessary  for  the  safety  of 
the  public;  and  the  entire  expense  of  such  removal  and 
replacement  shall  be  borne  by  the  person,  firm  or  corpor- 
ation proposing  such  removal. 

SEC.  15.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall  Penalty 
do,  or  attempt  to  do,  electrical  installation,  fixture  or 
service  connection  work,  whether  original  work  or  altera- 
tions, without  giving  notice  in  writing  to  the  City  Elec- 
trician, and  without  first  obtaining  a  permit  to  do  such 
work,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  in  the  sum 
of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceed- 
ing fifty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment 
for  each  offense ;  and  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article 
for  which  a  penalty  is  not  otherwise  provided  herein, 
and  any  occupant  or  owner  of  premises  where  electrical 
wiring  or  apparatus  is  used,  who  shall  prevent  or  inter- 
fere with  any  inspector  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties 
under  this  article,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  upon  conviction  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
fifty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  1 6.     This  article  shall  not  be  construed  to  re-  construction 
lieve  any  party  owning,  operating,  controlling  or  install-  of  article 
ing  any  electrical  equipment  from  responsibility  for  dam- 
ages to  any  person  injured  by  any  defect  therein,  or  to 
lessen  the  liability  of  such  party  for  such  damages,  nor 
shall  the  City  be  held  as  assuming  any  such  liability  by 
reason  of  the  inspection  authorized  herein  or  certificate 
issued  hereunder. 


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ARTICLE  V 

REGULATING  THE  ERECTION  OF  TELEPHONE, 
TELEGRAPH  AND  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  POLES 
AND  THE  STRINGING  OF  WIRES  THROUGH 
AND  ALONG  THE  STREETS  OF  THE  CITY 
OF  PALO  ALTO. 


Erection 
poles 


of 


Distance 
above  ground 

Distance 
from  curb 


Uniform 
painting 

Mutilation  of 
trees 


Poles   to 
conform  to 
this  article 


Prohibition 


Consent  of 
owner  or 
agent 


SEC.  *•  ^°  person,  firm  or  corporation  having 
a  permit  for  such  work,  shall  erect  telephone,  telegraph  or 
electric  light  poles  and  string  wires  through  and  along  the 
streets  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  on  said  poles,  unless  said 
poles  conform  in  size  and  shape  to  the  poles  in  use  by 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto  for  electric  light  wires,  and  unless 
said  poles  are  so  placed  as  to  be  perpendicular  to  the  line 
of  the  sidewalk. 

SEC.  2.  No  telephone,  telegraph  or  electric  light 
wires  shall  be  strung  upon  any  poles  at  a  distance  of  less 
than  twenty-five  feet  above  the  surface  of  the  ground. 

SEC.  3.  All  telephone,  telegraph  and  electric  light 
poles  shall  be  placed  within  the  curb  line  of  the  street  at 
a  distance  of  twelve  inches  from  the  outside  line  of  the 
curb. 

SEC.  4.  Ml  telephone,  telegraph  and  electric  light 
poles  shall  be  painted  a  uniform  color  of  green. 

SEC.  5.  No  telephone,  telegraph  or  electric  light 
wires  shall  be  so  strung  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  as  to 
cause  injury  or  mutilation  to  any  tree  in  said  City,  with- 
out the  consent  or  upon  a  permit  from  the  P>oard  of 
Public  Works  so  to  do. 

SEC.  6.  All  telephone,  telegraph  and  electric  light 
poles  erected  upon  improved  streets  which  do  not  con- 
form to  the  provisions  of  this  article  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  a  nuisance,  and  shall  be  removed  at  the  expense  of 
the  person,  firm  or  corporation  owning  said  poles  and 
replaced  by  poles  conforming  to  this  article. 

SEC.  7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  com- 
pany, or  corporation,  its  agent  or  employees,  to  attach 
or  string  wires  (electric  or  telephone  wires)  upon  or 
over  the  building  or  premises  of  another  without  the 
consent  of  the  owner  or  agent  of  said  building  or 
premises. 

SEC.  8-  Jt  sna11  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  corn- 
pany  or  corporation,  its  agents  or  employees,  to  go  on 
the  roof  of  any  building  for  the  purpose  of  doing  any 


PUBLIC   SERVICE   CORPORATIONS  145 

work  in  connection  with  the  electric  or  telephone  business 
without  the  consent  of  the  owner  or  agent  of  said 
building. 

SEC.  9.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who,  after  Penalty 
having  been  duly  notified,  refuses  to  comply  with  the 
terms  of  this  article,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


ARTICLE  VI 

ESTABLISHING  RATES  FOR  WATER  AND 
POWER,  AND  RULES  FOR  THE  MANAGE- 
MENT OF  THE  WATER  AND  POWER  DE- 
PARTMENT 

SEC.  i.  Every  person  taking  the  City  water  and  Rules  for 
power,  or  either,  shall  be  considered  as  having  expressed  consumers 
his  consent  to  be  bound  hereby,  and  whenever  any  one 
of  the  rules  and  regulations  is  violated,  the  right  is 
reserved  to  shut  off  the  water  and  power,  or  either, 
without  notice,  and  the  person  whose  water  and  power, 
or  either,  is  thus  shut  off,  shall  forfeit  all  payments  and 
deposits  made  to  the  extent  of  his  indebtedness,  and  the 
water  and  power,  or  either,  shall  not  be  turned  on  again 
until  all  unpaid  rents  and  charges  are  paid,  together 
with  the  additional  charge  of  one  dollar  for  turning 
it  on  again. 

SEC.  2.     In   case  the  owner  of  premises  on  which   Discontinu- 
water  or  power  is  used,  desires  to  discontinue  the  use  of  ance.  of 
same,  he  must  make  an  application  for  that  purpose  to  s 
the  Board  of  Public  Works,  and  after  the  date  of  said 
application,  the  rents  accruing  for  said  service  shall  cease 
for  the  period  during  which  said  service  shall  be  shut 
off,  provided  the  period  of  such  discontinuance  be  not 
less  than  one  month. 

SEC.  3.     No  persons  except  the  duly  appointed  repre-   Connections 
sentatives  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  will  be  per- 
mitted to  tap  any  of  the  water  mains  or  power  lines  of  the 
distributing  systems. 

Service  connections  to  the  inside  of  the  curb  line 
of  the  street  for  water  or  to  the  building  for  power, 
will  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Public  Works  in  such 
manner  as  they  shall  determine. 


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Plumber    or 
electrician   to 
give    notice 


Repairs   to 

service 

connections 


Disconnected 

service 

mains 

Inspection 


Fixed 
charges 


Estimated 
costs 


Meters 


Meters, 
how    set 


Power  meters  shall  be  placed  in  or  at  all  dwellings 
so  that  the  meters  can  be  read  from  the  outside  without 
entering  the  main  building. 

SEC.  4.  Notice  must  be  given  in  writing  to  the 
Board  of  Public  Works  by  the  plumber  or  electrician 
intending  to  connect  to  a  service  main,  fixing  the  day  on 
which  he  wishes  to  make  the  connection.  Such  notice 
must  be  given  at  least  forty-eight  hours  previous  to  the 
time  when  the  connection  to  the  service  main  is  to  be 
made. 

SEC.  5.  The  City  of  Palo  Alto  will  maintain  and 
keep  in  repair  each  service  connection  as  above;  pro- 
vided the  failure  of  said  service  or  the  injury  thereto 
rendering  repairs  necessary  does  not  result  from  some 
improper  act  or  omission  on  the  part  of  the  owner  or 
tenant  of  the  premises  supplied  with  water  or  power. 

SEC.  6.  Where  services  are  found  disconnected  they 
may  be  reconnected  only  by  application  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Works. 

SEC.  7.  Duly  authorized  representatives  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Works  shall  have  the  right  of  access  at 
all  reasonable  hours  to  any  premises  where  water  or 
power  is  used,  for  the  purpose  of  inspection  and  exam- 
ination. 

SEC.  8.  On  unimproved  streets  taps  will  be  made, 
corporation  and  curb  cocks  and  boxes  for  the  curb  cocks 
will  be  furnished,  and  three-quarter  inch  pipe  laid  one 
foot  inside  the  curb  line  for  the  sum  of  six  dollars. 

All  water  connections  of  larger  size  or  on  improved 

streets  shall  be  made  at  the  actual  cost  of  making  said 

.  connections,  and  the  sum  estimated  for  this  purpose  shall 

be   deposited  with  the   City  Tax   Collector  before  such 

connections  are  made. 

If  the  estimated  cost  for  making  connections  for 
improved  streets  should  not  prove  to  be  a  sufficient  sum 
to  pay  for  said  work,  then  the  additional  cost  shall  be 
charged  against  the  applicant.  If  said  estimated  sum 
deposited  should  be  in  excess  of  the  cost  then  the  dif- 
ference shall  be  returned  to  the  applicant. 

SEC.  9.  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  have  full 
authority  to  set  water  meters  and  to  charge  for  the  use 
of  water  at  meter  rates.  All  meters  thus  set  shall  be 
and  shall  remain  the  property  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto, 
and  may  be  removed  at  any  time  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Works. 

SEC.  10.  One  meter  shall  be  allowed  and  set  for 
each  fifty  foot  lot  and  all  premises  shall  be  metered. 
Consumers  demanding  more  than  one  meter  shall  pay  for 
the  same  at  the  cost  price  of  the  meter. 


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147 


SEC.  ii.  All  persons,  firms  or  corporations  requir- 
ing a  meter  larger  than  a  three-quarter  inch  meter 
shall  pay  the  difference  in  cost  of  the  larger  meter. 

SEC.  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  to  keep  track  of  all  houses  vacated  and 
promptly  report  such  vacated  houses  to  the  Tax  Collector 
of  said  City,  and  to  shut  off  water  and  power  on  premises 
which  have  been  vacated,  and  make  prompt  reports  of  all 
matters  coming  to  their  knowledge  in  connection  with 
the  water  and  power  departments  which  will  enable  the 
Tax  Collector  to  promptly  enforce  the  collection  of  fees 
or  water  and  power  bills  due  the  City. 

SEC.  13.  In  case  of  fire  or  an  alarm  of  fire,  or  in 
making  repairs,  or  construction  work,  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  through  its  duly  authorized  agents,  shall 
have  the  right  to  shut  off  water  from  any  consumer,  or 
any  number  of  consumers,  without  notice  and  to  keep  it 
shut  off  as  long  as  it  may  be  necessary. 

SEC.  14.  In  case  of  fire  or  an  alarm  of  fire,  the 
use  of  fountains  or  yard  or  street  sprinklers  or  house 
faucets  is  prohibited. 

SEC.  15.  No  person  shall,  except  in  case  of  fire, 
use  water  from  or  tamper  with  any  City  hydrant  without 
a  permit  from  the  Board  of  Public  Works. 

SEC.  16.  The  owners  of  premises  taking  water  must 
keep  their  service  pipe,  stop-cocks,  and  all  apparatus  con- 
nected therewith  on  said  premises  in  good  repair  at 
their  own  expense ;  and  no  claims  shall  be  made  against 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  by  reason  of  bursting  or  any  other 
disarrangement  of  any  service  pipe  or  any  apparatus 
or  any  appliance  connected  therewith. 

SEC.  17.  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  have 
the  right  to  limit  the  amount  of  water  furnished  to  any 
consumer  should  circumstances  seem  to  warrant  such 
action,  although  no  limit  may  be  stated  in  the  application 
or  permit  for  such  use. 

SEC.  1 8.  No  hydrant,  gooseneck,  hosebit  or  hose 
attachment  shall  be  placed  in  any  yard  or  area  of  any 
premises  situated  so  as  to  be  accessible  to  persons  living 
in  or  occupying  neighboring  premises;  nor  shall  water 
takers  be  allowed  to  supply  water  to  others,  or  to  other 
premises  owned  by  themselves,  except  by  special  permit 
from  the  Board  of  Public  Works. 

SEC.  19.  All  water  shall  be  sold  to  consumers  by 
meter  rates  at  the  following  schedule : 

For  any  quantity  not  exceeding  twenty  thousand  gal- 
gallons,  twenty  cents  per  one  thousand  gallons. 

For  all  amounts  used  in  excess  of  twenty  thousand 


Meters, 
price 

Reports 


Authority    to 
shut  off 
water 


Prohibiting 
use  of 
sprinklers 

Use  of 
hydrants 

Repairs 


Limiting 
water 


Supplying 
water  to 
others 


Meter  rates, 
water 


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Meter  rates, 
power 


Payment 


Prepay 
meters 


Requiring 
permits 


Deposit 


gallons,  fifteen  cents  per  one  thousand  gallons ;  provid- 
ed that  the  minimum  rate  in  all  cases  shall  be  one  dollar 
per  month. 

The  reduction  for  quantity  used  shall  not  apply  to 
consumers  outside  the  City  limits. 

SEC.  20.  All  electric  current  sold  and  delivered  to 
consumers  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  by  any  person,  firm 
or  corporation,  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  following 
schedule  of  rates-meter  measurements : 

For  Lighting  Purposes.  From  a  maximum  of  7^ 
cents  per  kilowatt  hour  to  a  minimum  of  4  cents  per 
kilowatt  hour,  depending  upon  the  monthly  consumption 
as  indicated  by  the  rate  curve  diagram  on  file  in  the  office 
of  the  City  Clerk. 

For  Motor  and  Power  Loads.  Any  quantity  at  4  cents 
per  kilowatt  hour. 

For  Heating,  Cooking,  and  Household  Electrical 
Appliances.  Any  quantity  at  3  cents  per  kilowatt  hour. 

Provided,  however,  that  a  minimum  monthly  charge 
may  be  collected  for  electric  service,  which  charge  shall 
be  one  dollar  per  meter. 

SEC.  21.  Water  and  power  bills  commence  to  accrue 
when  water  or  power  is  turned  on,  and  all  water  and 
power  bills  shall  be  paid  at  the  office  of  the  Tax  Collector 
on  or  between  the  first  and  fifteenth  day  of  each  month, 
and  if  not  paid  by  the  twentieth  day  of  that  month, 
power  and  water,  or  power  or  water  shall  be  shut  off. 

SEC.  22.  Whenever  the  Board  of  Public  Works  so 
directs,  a  prepay  meter  for  water  and  light  shall  be 
installed  upon  the  premises  of  any  consumer. 

SEC.  23.  No  person,  except  a  duly  authorized  offi- 
ical  of  the  City,  shall  in  any  manner  interfere  with  the 
water  system  or  power  system  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 
or  make  or  sever  connections  with  such  systems,  except 
as  provided  by  this  article. 

SEC.  24.  All  tenants  of  buildings  and  lots  within 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  or  transient  consumers  of  water 
and  power,  or  water  or  power  of  said  City,  upon  filing 
their  application  for  the  City  to  supply  them  with  water 
and  power,  or  water  or  power,  shall  make  a  deposit  of 
five  dollars  with  the  Tax  Collector;  provided  that  in 
lieu  of  said  deposit,  the  owner  of  the  premises  may  give 
a  written  guarantee  to  pay  for  water  and  light  used  on 
the  premises  in  the  event  of  delinquency  or  the  tenant 
may  give  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  with 
two  good  and  sufficient  sureties  who  are  tax-payers  of 
the  City.  Said  bond  shall  be  conditioned  to  pay  all  sums 
due  the  City  for  water  and  light. 


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149 


SEC.  25.    Such    tenant   or    transient   consumer   shall   Discontinue 
give  notice  when  he  desires  to  discontinue  the  use  of  use 
water  and  power,  or  water  or  power,  and  thereupon,  if 
all  sums  of  money  due  to  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  for  the 
use  of  water  and  power  or  water  or  power  have  been 
paid,  the  Tax  Collector  shall  return  to  the  said  tenant  or 
transient  consumer  the  amount  of  his   deposit.       Said 
deposit  shall  he  placed  to  the  credit  of  said  tenant  or 
transient  consumer  by  the  Tax  Collector. 

SEC.  26.     The  Board  of  Public  Works  of  the  City  of  Accounts 
Palo  Alto  shall  keep  a  set  of  accounts  showing  the  names 
of  persons  to  whom  water  and  power  are  furnished  by 
said  City,  the  amounts  due  and  the  disposition  of  said 
accounts. 

One  working  day  before  the  first  of  each  month,  the 
Board  of  Public  Works  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
deliver  to  the  Tax  Collector,  receipts  numbered  conse- 
cutively for  amounts  due  from  consumers,  and  charge 
him  therewith.  Three  working  days  before  the  end  of 
each  month,  the  Tax  Collector  shall  return  to  the  Board 
of  Public  Works  all  stubs  of  receipts,  and  all  receipts 
which  have  not  been  issued,  including  those  which  have 
for  any  reason  been  cancelled.  The  Board  of  Public 
Works  shall  credit  the  Tax  Collector  with  all  moneys 
collected  for  receipts  issued,  and  for  all  unissued  or  can- 
celled receipts  returned,  and  charge  the  consumer  on  the 
following  month  with  any  arrearage  due  on  water  or 
power. 

SEC.  27.     At  the  end  of  each  month  the  Board  of  Reports 
Public  Works  shall  make  complete  reports  of  the  water 
and  power  business  for  the  month  to  the  City  Council. 

SEC.  28.  No  other  or  further  notice  need  be  given 
the  water  and  power  consumers  as  to  the  manner  of  pay- 
ment or  the  amount  due  for  water  and  power  bills  than 
that  contained  in  this  article. 

SEC.  29.     These    rules    and    regulations    are    subject  Amended 
to  amendment  and  alteration  at  any  time  without  special  rules 
notice  to  consumers,  in  such  matters  as  may  be  deemed 
expedient  by  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  30.     Any    violation    of    this    article    shall    con-   Penalty 
stitute  a  misdemeanor  and  each  offense  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  not  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars,  or  by  im- 
prisonment not  exceeding  three  months,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment. 


Notification 
of   bills   due 


PART  VII 

MISCELLANEOUS 


ARTICLE    I 

RATES    FOR    OFFICIAL    PUBLICATIONS    AND 
ADVERTISEMENTS 

Fixing  rates  SEC.   i.     All  publications  and  advertisements  of  the 

City  of  Palo  Alto  required  to  be  published  in  a  news- 
paper of  general  circulation,  published  and  circulated  in 
said  City,  shall  be  printed  and  published  at  the  following 
rates,  to  wit : 

For  Publication  in  a  Daily  Newspaper 

1  Insertion per   line  $0.05 

2  Insertions per    line        .07^2 

3  Insertions per  line         .10 

4  Insertions per  line 

5  Insertions per  line         .15 

6  Insertions per  line 

10  Insertions per  line  .25 

12  Insertions per  line  .26 

20  Insertions per  line  .28 

30  Insertions per  line  .30 

For  Publication  in  a  Weekly  Newspaper 

1  Insertion per    line  $0.09 

2  Insertions per  line         .12 

3  Insertions. per  line         .15 

4  Insertions per  line         .18 

6  Insertions per  line         .21 

9  Insertions per  line         .25 

Publication  to  be  printed  in  8  point  type,  single  leaded 
and  single  column. 


PUBLIC   SERVICE   CORPORATIONS  151 

SEC.  2.     Any  newspaper  of  the   City  of   Palo  Alto   Acceptance 
accepting  any  work  ordered  to  be  done  shall  be  deemed  of  rates 
to  have  accepted  said  work  at  the  rates  specified  in  Sec- 
tion i  hereof,  and  no  charge  in  excess  of  said  rates  shall 
be  allowed  or  audited   for  said  work,  unless  expressly 
authorized  by  ordinance  so  to  do. 

SEC.  3.     Any  newspaper  designated  and  authorized  9fficial 
to   make   said   publication   shall   be   deemed   the   official  newsPaPer 
newspaper  for  the  work  so  ordered. 


ARTICLE   II 
CHANGING  NAMES  OF  STREETS 

SEC.   i.     Those  certain  streets  and  that  certain  alley   changes   in 
as  shown  on  a  map  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  prepared    names  of 
August  5th,  1907,  by  J.  F.  Byxbee,  Jr.,  City  Engineer,  streets 
and  adopted  by  an  ordinance  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto, 
and    thereafter    recorded   in    the    office    of   the    County 
Recorder,  shall  hereafter  be  known  and  designated  and 
are  hereby  established  as  public  streets  by  the  names  set 
forth  in  this  article. 

(a)   Midway  street  intersecting  Block  34  of  the  City   Tasso 
of  Palo  Alto,  shall  be  known  and  designated  hereafter  street 
as  Tasso  street,  and  the  uniform  name  of  Tasso  street 
shall   be   given   to   all   of   said   street   as   now   extended 
through  Blocks  34,  37,  92  and  99,  of  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto. 

(b)  All    that    certain     street    sometimes   known   as   Kipling 
Margarita  street  in  Block  32,  shall  hereafter  be  known   street 
and  designated  as  Kipling  street,  making  the  street  of 

the  uniform  name  of  Kipling  street  as  at  present  extend- 
ed through  Blocks  32,  31,  30  and  26  of  the  City  of  Pak> 
Alto. 

(c)  That  certain  street  extending  through  Block  51    Lytton 
between  Guinda  street  and  Seneca  street  of  the  City  of  avenue 
Palo  Alto,  and  now  known  as  Chauburn  place,  shall  be  e 
hereafter  known   and   designated  as   Lytton   avenue,  of 
which  said  avenue  it  is  properly  an  extension. 

(d)  That  certain  street  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  now   Pope   street 
known  as  Chaucer  street  shall  hereafter  be  known  and 
designated  as  Pope  street,  the  said  Chaucer  street  being 
properly  an  extension  of  Pope  street,  as  said  Pope  street 

is  now  laid  out  between  Pope  street  bridge  and  Hamilton 
avenue. 

(e)  That  certain  alley  running  between  Bryant  and 


152 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


Little 
Kingsle} 

Alleys 
closed 


Waverly  streets  in  Block  77  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 
shall  be  known  and  designated  as  Little  Kingsley. 

(f)  On  recommendation  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Works,  it  is  hereby  declared  and  ordained  that  those  cer- 
tain alleys  in  Blocks  66,  67  and  71  are  private  alleys,  and 
that  the  same  shall  be  and  are  hereby  closed  at  the  request 
of  the  property  owners  of  said  blocks. 


Repealing 
clause 


ARTICLE   III 
CONFLICTING  ORDINANCES  REPEALED 

SEC.  i.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances,  in  so 
far  as  they  conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed. 


Enactment 


Passage 


ARTICLE   IV 
ENACTMENT 

SEC.  i.  A  copy  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  posted  by 
the  City  Clerk  on  the  Bulletin  Board  at  the  City  Hall,  and 
shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  the  date 
of  its  passage. 

SEC.  2.  The  foregoing  Codified  Ordinance  No.  i. 
of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  and  being  a  codification  of 
ordinances  that  had  been  previously  duly  and  regularly 
passed,  was  introduced  and  read  by  parts  from  time  to 
time  at  regular  or  regular  adjourned  meetings,  and  was 
finally  passed  at  a  regular  adjourned  meeting  of  the 
Council  on  the  26th  day  of  June,  1911,  by  the  following 
vote: 

Ayes:     Hettinger,    Henry,   Jordan,    Millis,    Mosher, 
Thoits,   Umphreys,   Vail. 

Noes:    La  Peire. 

Absent:     Congdon,   Downing,   Hyde,   Spencer,   Wil- 
son,  Wing. 
Approved  by  me  this  1st  day  of  July,  1911, 

CHAS.  B.  WING,  Mayor. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  ordinance  was 
duly  passed  at  a  regular  adjourned  meeting  of  the 
Council  held  on  the  26th  day  of  June,  1911,  and  there- 
after duly  posted  on  the  bulletin  board  at  the  City  Hall. 

FRANK  KASSON,  City  Clerk. 


PART  VIII 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1.     INITIATIVE 

AN  ORDINANCE  PROHIBITING  THE  RUNNING  OF  ANY 
THEATRE  (WHEREIN  is  ENACTED  ANY  OPERA,  DRA- 
MA, MELODRAMA  OR  VAUDEVILLE  PERFORMANCE), 
MERRY-GO-ROUND,  CIRCUS,  CIRCUS  PARADE,  WILD 
WEST  SHOW,  SKATING  RINK,  PATENT  MEDICINE 
SHOW  OR  DANCE  HALL  ON  SUNDAY  IN  THE  CITY  OF 
PALO  ALTO,  AND  PROVIDING  A  PENALTY  FOR  VIOLA- 
TION THEREOF. 

The  People. of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  do  ordain  as  follows: 

SEC.,  i.  No  theatre  (wherein  is  enacted  any  opera, 
drama,  melodrama  or  vaudeville  performance),  merry- 
go-round,  circus,  circus  parade,  wild  west  show,  skating 
rink,  patent  medicine  show  or  dance  hall,  to  which  an 
admission  fee  is  charged,  shall  be  run  or  given  at  any  time 
on  Sunday  in  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished 
by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  ninety  days,  or  by  a  fine 
not  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment. 

SEC.  3.  Ordinance  Number  188  of  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto  entitled:  "An  ordinance  prohibiting  certain  enter- 
tainments, shows  and  exhibitions  on  Sunday"  is  hereby 
expressly  repealed  and  all  other  ordinances  and  parts  of 
ordinances  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance are  hereby  expressly  repealed." 

Duly  passed  at  an  election  held  on  Thursday,  the 
26th  day  of  May,  1910. 


Theatres, 
etc,    on 
Sunday 


Penalty 


Conflicting 
ordinances 
repealed 


154  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF   PALO  ALTO 


CERTIFICATE  OF  CITY  CLERK  AS  TO  RE- 
ENACTMENT  OF  "CODIFIED  ORDINANCE 
No.  I"  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO. 

State  of  California         } 
County  of  Santa  Clara  >     SS 
City  of  Palo  Alto  ) 

This  is  to  certify  that  "Codified  Ordinance  No.  i" 
was  re-enacted  and  duly  adopted  by  the  Council  of  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  as  printed  in  book  form  as  the  existing 
laws  and  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  at  a 

meeting  of  the  said  Council  held  on  the day 

of '. 1911. 

Attest 

Clerk  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 


CHARTER  OF 

THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

1909 


Senate  concurrent  resolution  No.  6,  approving  the 
charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  State  of  California,  and 
the  additional  proposition  submitted  therewith,  voted  for 
and  ratified  by  the  qualified  voters  of  said  town  of  Palo 
Alto  at  a  special  municipal  election  held  therein  for  that 
purpose  on  the  2ist  day  of  January,  1909. 

[Adopted  February  20,   1909.] 

Whereas,  The  town  of  Palo  Alto,  a  municipal  corpor- 
ation of  the  county  of  Santa  Clara,  State  of  California, 
now  is  and  was  at  all  times  herein  referred  to  a  city 
containing  a  population  of  more  than  three  thousand 
five  hundred  inhabitants;  and 

Whereas,  At  a  special  municipal  election  duly  held 
in  said  town  on  the  24th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1908, 
under  and  in  accordance  with  the  laws  and  with  the  pro- 
visions of  section  eight  of  article  eleven  of  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  said  State  of  California,  a  board  of 
fifteen  freeholders,  duly  qualified,  was  elected  in  and  by 
said  town,  by  the  qualified  electors  thereof,  to  prepare 
and  propose  a  charter  for  the  government  of  said  city; 
and 

Whereas,  Said  board  of  freeholders  did,  in  accord- 
ance with  law,  and  within  ninety  days  after  said  election, 
prepare  and  propose  a  charter  for  the  government  of  the 
said  City  of  Palo  Alto,  and 

Whereas,  Said  board  of  freeholders  did,  at  the  same 
time  and  place  prepare  and  propose  with  said  proposed 
charter  the  following  additional  proposition  I,  article  X 
alcoholic  liquors ;  and 

Whereas,  The  said  proposed  charter  and  the  said 
.additional  proposition  were,  on  the  2Oth  day  of  Novem- 
ber, A.  D.  1908,  signed  in  duplicate  by  the  members  of 


156  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

said  board  of  freeholders,  and  one  copy  thereof  was,  on 
the  2 ist  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1908,  duly  returned  and 
filed  with  the  president  of  the  board  of  town  trustees  of 
the  town  of  Palo  Alto,  and  the  other  copy  thereof  was 
duly  returned  and  filed  with  and  in  the  office  of  the 
county  recorder  of  said  county  of  Santa  Clara ;  and 

Wheras,  Such  proposed  charter  and  said  additional 
proposition  were  thereafter  published  in  the  Palo  Alto 
Daily  Times,  a  daily  newspaper  of  general  circulation 
in  said  town  of  Palo  Alto,  for  a  period  of  twenty  days 
and  more,  the  first  publication  thereof  having  been  made 
within  twenty  days  after  the  completion  of  said  proposed 
charter  and  said  additional  proposition ;  and 

Whereas,  Said  proposed  charter  and  said  additional 
proposition  were,  within  thirty  days  after  the  completion 
of  said  publication,  submitted  by  the  board  of  town  trus- 
tees of  the  town  of  Palo  Alto,  to  the  qualified  voters  of 
said  town  at  a  special  municipal  election  previously  duly 
called  and  therein  held  on  the  2ist  day  of  January,  1909; 
and 

Whereas,  At  said  last  mentioned  special  municipal 
election  a  majority  of  said  qualified  electors  of  said  town 
voting  at  such  special  municipal  election,  voted  for  and  in 
favor  of  the  ratification  of  such  proposed  charter  as  pro- 
posed as  a  whole,  and  also  voted  in  favor  of  the  ratifi- 
cation of  the  said  additional  proposition;  and 

Whereas,  Said  board  of  town  trustees  of  the  town 
of  Palo  Alto,  after  canvassing  said  returns,  duly  found 
and  ('eclated  that  the  majority  of  said  qualified  electors 
voting  at  such  special  municipal  election  had  voted  for 
ratifying  said  proposed  charter  and  had  voted  in  favoi 
of  and  for  ratifying  said  additional  proposition ;  and 

Whereas,  The  same  is  now  submitted  to  the  legisla- 
ture of  the  State  of  California  for  its  approval  and  ratifi- 
cation as  a  whole  without  power  of  alteration  or  amend- 
ment, in  accordance  with  section  eight  of  article  eleven 
of  the  constitution  of  the  State  of  California;  and 

Whereas, .  Said  proposed  charter  and  said  additional 
proposition  are  in  the  words  and  figures  following,  to  wit : 


CHARTER  PREPARED  AND  PROPOSED  FOR 
THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO  BY  THE  BOARD 
OF  FREEHOLDERS,  ELECTED  ON  THE 
TWENTY-FOURTH  DAY  OF  AUGUST,  A.  D. 
1908. 


CHARTER  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

ARTICLE   I 
BOUNDARIES    OF   THE   CITY 

The  boundaries  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  be  as 
follows : 

All  that  certain  land  situated  in  the  county  of  Santa 
Clara,  State  of  California,  included  in  the  townsite  map 
of  the  town  of  Palo  Alto  (formerly  University  Park)  as 
laid  down  and  designated  upon  a  map  of  said  town  filed 
by  Timothy  Hopkins  on  the  27th  day  of  February,  A.  D. 
1889,  in  the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  said  Santa 
Clara  county,  in  book  "D"  of  maps,  page  69,  and  the  pro- 
posed boundaries  of  the  said  municipal  corporation  are 
the  boundaries  of  the  said  University  Park  (now  Palo 
Alto)  as  set  forth  and  particularly  described  upon  said 
map,  to  wit: 

Commencing  at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  center 
line  of  the  San  Francisquito  creek  with  the  northeasterly 
line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad ; 
thence  southeasterly  along  said  northeasterly  line  of  said 
right  of  way  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  to  the 
northwesterly  line  of  the  Embarcadero  road;  thence- 
northeasterly  along  said  line  of  the  Embarcadero  road 
to  the  easterly  line  of  block  number  one  .hundred  eight 
(108)  as  designated  upon  said  map;  thence  northerly 
along  said  easterly  line  of  said  block  number  108  and  the 
easterly  line  of  block  number  109  as  laid  down  upon  said 
map  to  the  northerly  line  of  block  number  109:  thence 
westerly  along  the  northerly  line  of  blocks  numbers  109, 
106,  105,  102  and  101  as  laid  down  on  said  map  to  a  point 
on  the  said  northerly  boundary  line  of  block  101,  being 
upon  an  extension  southerly  of  the  easterly  lines  of  blocks 
numbers  96  and  97  as  laid  clown  upon  said  map ;  thence 
northerly  along  the  easterly  lines  of  blocks  numbers  97 


158  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

and  96  aforesaid  to  the  northerly  line  of  a  road  (now 
known  as  ^Channing  lane);  thence  westerly  along  the 
northerly  line  of  said  road  as  laid  down  on  said  map  and 
parallel  to  the  northerly  lines  of  blocks  numbers  95  and 
87jto  the  northeasterly  line  of  Guinda  street  as  laid  down 
on  said  map;  thence  along  said  line  of  Guinda  street 
northwesterly  to  the  easterly  line  of  block  number  83  as 
laid  down  on  said  map ;  thence  northerly  along  the  east- 
erly lines  of  blocks  numbers  83,  84,  85  and  letters  "H" 
and  "G"  as  laid  down  on  said  map  to  the  center  line  of 
the  San  Francisquito  creek;  thence  southwesterly  mean- 
dering the  center  line  of  said  creek  to  the  point  of  com- 
mencement.- 

SEC.  2.  The  boundaries  above  described  may  be  al- 
tered, and  the  territory  embraced  therein  may  be  added 
to  or  diminished  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the  State 
of  California  governing  the  annexation  and  exclusion  ot 
territory  by  municipalities. 


ARTICLE   II 
POWERS 

The  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  have  and  exercise  the 
following  powers : 

1.  To  have  perpetual  succession. 

2.  To  have  and  use  a  corporate  seal  and  alter  it  at 
pleasure. 

3.  To  sue  and  to  be  sued  in  all  courts  and  places,  and 
in  all  actions  and  proceedings  whatsoever. 

4.  To  purchase,  receive,  have,  take,  hold,  lease,  use 
and  enjoy  property  of  every  kind  and  description,  both 
within  and  without  the  limits  of  said  City,  and  to  control 
and  dispose  of  the  same  for  the  public  benefit. 

5.  To    receive    bequests,    devises,    and    donations    of 
property  of  every  kind,  either  absolutely  or  in  trust  for 
any  purpose,  and  to  do  all  acts  necessary  to  carry  out 
the  purposes  of  such  bequests,  devises  and  donations,  and 
to   manage,   control,   sell   or  otherwise   dispose  of   such 
property  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  such  bequests, 
devises  or  donations. 

6.  To  exercise  police  powers  and  make  all  necessary 
police  and  sanitary  regulations,  and  to  adopt  ordinances 
and  prescribe  penalties  for  the  violation  thereof. 

7.  To  levy  and  collect  taxes  and  assessments,  impose 
license  fees  for  revenue  or  regulation,  and  provide  all 
means  for  raising  the  revenue  necessary  for  the  City. 


CHARTER  159 

8.  To  borrow   money,   incur  municipal   indebtedness 
and  provide  for  the  issuance  of  bonds  or  other  evidences 
of  such  indebtedness. 

9.  To   acquire,   construct,   maintain   and   operate  all 
necessary  works  for  the  supplying  of  the  city  and  its  in- 
habitants with  water,  light,  heat,  power,  telegraphic  and 
telephonic   communication,   and   for  the   conveyance   of 
passengers    and    freight   over,    under   and   upon   public 
streets  and  rights  of  way  secured  therefor;  to  fix  rates 
for  all  commodities  furnished  or  services  rendered,  and 
to  dispose  of  commodities  produced  or  render  service  in 
connection  with  such  works  outside  of  the  boundaries  of 
said  City. 

10.  To  improve  the  rivers,  streams,  bays,  inlets  and 
channels  flowing  through  the  City  or  adjoining  the  same ; 
to  widen,  straighten  and  deepen  the  channels  thereof, 
and  remove  obstructions  therefrom ;  to  control  and  im- 
prove the  water  front  of  the  city ;  to  construct  and  main- 
tain embankments  and  other  works  to  protect  the  City 
from  overflow ;  and  to  acquire,  own,  construct,  maintain, 
and  operate  on  any  lands  bordering  on  any  navigable 
bay,  inlet,  river,  creek,  slough  or  arm  of  the  sea,  within 
the  limits  of  the  City  or  contiguous  thereto,  wharves, 
chutes,  piers,  breakwaters,  bath  houses  and  life  saving 
stations. 

11.  To  establish  and  change  the  grade  and  lay  out 
open,  extend,  widen,  change,  vacate,  pave,  re-pave,  or 
otherwise  improve  all  public  streets  and  highways  and 
public  places,  construct  sewers,  drains  and  culverts,  to 
plant  trees,  construct  parking,  and  to  remove  shrubs  and 
weeds ;  to  levy  special  assessments  to  defray  the  whole  or 
any  part  of  the  cost  of  such  works  or  improvements. 
Also  to  provide  for  the  repair,  cleaning  and  sprinkling 
of  such  streets  and  public  places. 

12.  To    acquire,    construct    and    maintain    all    works 
necessary   for   the   disposition   of   sewage,   garbage   and 
waste;    and  to  define  and  abate  nuisances. 

13.  To    establish    and    maintain    hospitals,    indigent 
homes,  and  all  other  charitable  institutions. 

14.  To    acquire   and    maintain    parks,    play-grounds, 
theaters,  and  places  for  recreation,  and  to  establish  boule- 
vards and  regulate  traffic  thereon. 

15.  To    acquire    and   maintain   markets,   baths,    and 
public  halls. 

1 6.  To    establish    and    maintain    schools,    libraries, 
museums,  gymnasiums,  and  to  do  all  things  to  promote 
the  education  of  the  people. 


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17.  To  equip  and  maintain  a  fire  department  and  to 
make  all  necessary  regulations  for  the  prevention  of  fires. 

1 8.  To  acquire,  construct  and  maintain  all  buildings 
necessary  for  the  transaction  of  public  business. 

19.  To  exercise  the  right  of  eminent  domain  for  the 
purpose  of  acquiring  real  and  personal  property  of  every 
kind  for  any  public  use. 

20.  To   grant  permits  to  use  the   streets   or  public 
property,  revokable  at  any  time  without  notice. 

21.  To  regulate  and  establish  rates  and  charges  to  be 
imposed  and  collected  by  any  person  or  corporation  for 
commodities  or  services  rendered  under  or  in  connection 
with  any  franchise,  permit  or  license  heretofore  or  here- 
after granted  by  the  tpwn  or  city  or  other  authority. 

22.  To  exercise  such  other  powers  as  are  now  or 
may  be  hereafter  granted  by  the  legislature  to  the  munici- 
palities within  the  state  unless  the  exercise  of  such  powers' 
is  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  charter. 

23.  To  exercise  all  other  needful  powers  for  the  effi- 
cient adminstration  of  the  municipal  government,  whether 
such  powers  are  herein  expressly  enumerated  or  not. 

24.  Lastly,  this  grant  of  power  is  to  be  liberally  con- 
strued for  the  purpose  of  securing  the  well  being  of  the 
municipality  and  its  inhabitants. 


ARTICLE  III 
COUNCIL 

SEC.  i.  All  powers  herein  granted  to  and  vested  in 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall,  except  as  herein  otherwise 
provided,  be  exercised  by  a  council  to  be  designated  the 
Council  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto ;  and  said  council  shall, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  have  the  power  to 
fix  and  establish  the  method  and  manner  in  which  such 
powers  shall  be  exercised. 

SEC.  2.  Said  council  shall  be  composed  of  15  mem- 
bers, each  of  whom  shall  have  been  an  elector  of  the  City 
of  Palo  Alto  for  at  least  three  years  next  preceding  his 
election. 

The  members  of  said  council  shall  be  known  as  coun- 
cilmen,  and  their  terms  of  office  shall  be  six  years,  com- 
mencing on  the  first  day  of  July  next  succeeding  their 
election,  except  that  the  terms  of  those  first  elected  and 
designated  to  serve  as  councilmen  shall  be  as  herein  pro- 
vided. 


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SEC.  3.  On  the  second  Monday  of  May,  1909,  an 
election  shall  be  held  within  said  City  for  the  purpose  of 
electing  15  members  of  said  council. 

The  15  members  elected  at  such  election  shall,  at  the 
first  regular  meeting  in  July,  1909,  so  classify  themselves 
by  lot  that  five  of  said  members  shall  hold  office  for  the 
term  of  two  years ;  five  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  five 
for  the  term  of  six  years. 

Thereafter  on  the  second  Monday  in  May  of  each  odd 
numbered  year,  an  election  shall  be  held  at  which  coun- 
cilmen  shall  be  elected  to  succeed  the  members  whose 
terms  expire  on  the  first  day  of  July  next  following. 

SEC.  4.  All  elections  called  and  held  in  said  City, 
shall  be  held  and  conducted  in  manner  and  form  as  re- 
quired by  the  general  laws  of  the  state  governing  elections 
within  municipalities,  provided,  that  after  the  first  election 
the  council  may  provide  that  said  elections  may  be  held 
in  such  manner  as  said  council  may  by  ordinance  deter- 
mine, or  as  may  be  provided  by  an  ordinance  adopted  by 
the  electors  of  said  City  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SEC.  5.  Said  council  shall  fix  a  time  and  place  for 
its  regular  meetings  and  adopt  rules  to  govern  its  pro- 
ceedings. 

SEC.  6.  Eight  members  of  the  council  shall  be  neces- 
sary to  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness; but  a  less  number  may  adjourn  from  time  to  time 
and  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  members,  and  impose 
such  fines  as  it  may  deem  proper  upon  members  refusing 
or  neglecting  to  attend  such  meetings. 

SEC.  7.  No  ordinance  shall  be  passed,  no  appoint- 
ment made,  nor  officer  removed,  no  contract  shall  be 
awarded  and  no  obligation  incurred  in  excess  of  three 
hundred  dollars  ($300.00)  without  the  affirmative  vote 
of  at  least  eight  members  of  the  council. 

SEC.  8.  Said  council  shall  elect  one  of  its  number 
as  its  presiding  officer,  who  shall  be  known  as  mayor,  and 
who  shall  serve  for  one  year  after  his  election. 

The  said  mayor  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
council,  shall  be  the  chief  executive  of  the  said  City,  and 
perform  such  other  duties  as  may  from  time  to  time  b£ 
assigned  to  him  by  the  council.  In  all  other  respects  he 
shall  exercise  the  same  duties  as  any  other  member  of  the 
council. 

SEC.  9.  The  council  shall  appoint  or  provide  for  the 
appointment  of  a  clerk,  treasurer,  auditor,  tax  collector, 
assessor,  attorney,  and  except  as  otherwise  provided, 
such  other  officers  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  trans- 
action of  the  affairs  of  the  municipality. 


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SEC.  10.  A  vacancy  in  the  council  shall  be  filled  by 
the  remaining  members  of  the  council,  and  the  appointee 
shall  hold  office  until  the  first  day  of  July  succeeding  the 
next  election  at  which  councilmen  are  to  be  elected.  At 
the  next  election  succeeding  any  vacancy  a  councilman 
shall  be  elected  to  serve  for  the  unexpired  term. 

SEC.  ii.  The  council  shall  by  ordinance  provide  for 
the  assessment,  levy  and  collection  of  taxes,  and  shall  act 
as  a  board  of  equalization  in  equalizing  the  value  of  pro-> 
perty  listed  upon  the  assessment  roll.  During  the  month 
of  September  in  each  year,  it  shall  levy  such  tax  as  may 
be  necessary  to  raise  revenue  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
City  and  the  several  departments  during  the  fiscal  year, 
but  such  tax  levy,  for  all  municipal  purposes,  except  the 
payrr.ent  of  interest  and  principal  on  the  bonded  debt, 
shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  85  cents  upon  each  $100.00 
of  assessed  valuation  as  the  same  appears  upon  the  assess- 
ment roll.  If  in  the  judgment  of  the  council  it  should  be 
necessary  to  provide  a  revenue  in  excess  of  the  sum 
realized  from  the  levy  herein  provided,  the  question  of  the 
levy  of  an  additional  tax  shall  be  submitted  to  the  electors, 
and  a  special  election  may  be  held  for  that  purpose.  The 
additional  sum  or  rate  required  to  be  raised  by  such  ad- 
ditional tax  levy  shall  be  expressed  upon  the  ballot.  If  a 
majority  of  the  votes  cast  upon  such  proposition  shall 
be  in  favor  of  authorizing  the  council  to  levy  such  ad- 
ditional rate,  then  the  council  may  levy  the  additional  tax 
so  authorized. 

SEC.  12.  The  council  shall  annually  appropriate  for 
the  use  of  the  several  offices  and  departments,  such  sums 
as  may  be  necessary  to  support  the  same  during  each  year. 
Additional  appropriations  may  be  made  from  time  to  time 
in  case  of  urgent  necessity,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the 
members  of  the  council. 


ARTICLE   IV 
DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS 

SEC.  i.  Clerk.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  to 
keep  a  true  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  council  and 
of  th2  several  boards  established  by  this  charter  and 
record  the  same  in  proper  books  kept  for  that  purpose. 
He  shall  have  power  to  administer  oaths  in  connection 
with  all  matters  relating  to  the  municipality. 


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SEC.  2.  Auditor. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  auditor 
to  act  as  bookkeeper  and  accountant  of  the  municipality 
and  to  record  all  financial  transactions  in  books  kept  for 
that  purpose.  He  shall  draw  warrants  upon  the  treasurer 
for  all  claims  against  the  City  which  have  been  allowed 
by  the  council  and  the  several  department  boards.  He 
shall  render  each  month  a  statement  to  the  council  show- 
ing the  financial  condition  of  the  City,  and  annually  a 
like  statement  covering  all  of  the  financial  transactions  of 
the  City  during  the  year  previous. 

SEC.  3.  Tax  Collector.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
tax  collector  to  receive  and  collect  all  sums  due  the  City 
for  taxes  and  licenses  and  from  other  sources,  and  he  shall 
pay  all  moneys  received  into  the  treasury  of  the  City, 
within  three  days  after  the  receipt  thereof. 

SEC.  4.  Treasurer. — The  treasurer  shall  receive  and 
safely  keep  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  City  and  shall  pay 
the  same  only  upon  warrants  drawn  by  the  auditor  for 
claims  which  have  been  previously  allowed  either  by  the 
council  or  the  several  department  boards,  provided  that 
the  approval  of  the  council  or  department  boards  shall  not 
be  necessary  to  pay  the  monthly  salaries  of  officers  and 
employees.  The  treasurer  may  deposit  all  or  such  por- 
tion of  the  public  moneys  as  may  be  determined  by  the 
council,  in  any  bank  within  the  City  authorized  by  law  to 
receive  deposits  of  public  money,  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  the  constitution  and  act  of  the  legislature 
entitled :  "An  act  to  provide  for  and  regulate  the  deposit 
of  county  and  municipal  moneys  in  banks  and  banking 
corporations,  limiting  the  amount  of  public  moneys  that 
may  be  deposited  therein  and  providing  a  penalty  for  the 
illegal  deposit  and  use  thereof."  (Approved  March  23, 
1907).  And  the  provisions  of  such  act,  except  as  herein 
otherwise  provided,  are  hereby  made  applicable  to  the 
government  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  5.  Assessor. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  assessor 
to  make  annually,  between  the  first  Monday  of  March  and 
the  first  day  of  July  next  succeeding,  a  complete  assess- 
ment of  all  property  within  the  City,  and  shall  upon  said 
last  named  date  turn  over  to  the  City  council  the  assess- 
ment roll  so  prepared  by  him.  He  shall  act  as  tax  collector 
for  the  purpose  of  collecting  taxes  upon  personal  property 
when  the  same  are  unsecured  by  a  lien  upon  real  estate. 

Si?c.  6.  Attorney. — The  attorney  shall  act  as  the  legal 
advisor  of  the  council,  the  several  boards,  and  any  officer1 
of  the  City  who  requests  his  advice.  He  shall  prepare  all 
orJina  ces  and  contracts  whenever  required  so  to  do  by 


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the  council  or  the  several  department  boards.  He  shall 
prosecute  all  violators  of  the  City  ordinances  and  shall 
represent  the  City  in  all  actions  at  law. 

SEC.  7.  The  council  may  require  any  of  the  above 
officers  to  give  official  bonds  in  such  sums  as  it  may  deem 
proper,  and  the  council  shall  pay  all  premiums  upon  surety 
bonds  when  such  bonds  are  given.  It  may  provide  for  the 
appointment  of  such  deputies  and  assistants  as  may  be 
required,  and  shall  fix  the  compensation  of  such  officers 
and  such  deputies  and  assistants.  All  of  the  above  officers 
shall  perform  such  other  services  as  the  council  may 
require  and  shall  serve  during  its  pleasure. 

SEC.  8.  Whenever  the  public  interest  may  require, 
the  council  may  consolidate  the  following  officers : 

(a)  Clerk  and  auditor; 

(b)  Clerk  and  tax  collector; 

(c)  Clerk  and  assessor; 

(d)  Clerk,  auditor  and  assessor; 

(e)  Auditor  and  assessor; 

(/)   Auditor  and  tax  collector; 
(g)   Assessor  and  tax  collector; 
(h)   Treasurer  and  tax  collector. 
Until  the  council  shall  by  ordinance  otherwise  provide, 
the  following  offices  are  hereby  consolidated: 

(a)  Clerk,  auditor  and  assessor; 

(b)  Tax  collector  and  treasurer. 


ARTICLE  V 
THE  SEVERAL  DEPARTMENTS 

SEC.  i.  The  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the 
City  shall  be  divided  among  three  departments,  viz : 

(1)  The  department  of  public  works; 

(2)  The  department  of  public  safety; 

(3)  The  department  of  public  library. 

BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS 

SEC.  2.  The  department  of  public  works  shall  be 
under  the  management  and  control  of  a  board  of  public 
works,  which  shall  consist  of  three  members,  to  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  council.  They  shall  serve  for  the  term 
of  six  years  from  and  after  their  appointment  unless 
sooner  removed  by  a  majority  of  said  council ;  provided, 


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that  the  members  first  appointed  shall  classify  themselves 
by  lot  so  that  the  terms  of  the  members  shall  expire, 
respectively,  two,  four  and  six  years  after  their  appoint- 
ment. Vacancies  are  to  be  filled  by  the  council  for  the 
unexpired  terms.  The  members  of  the  board  of  public 
works  shall  receive  no  compensation.  The  board  of  public 
works  shall  have  and  exercise  the  powers  and  perform 
the  duties  herein  enumerated,  to  wit : 

1.  To  construct,  maintain  and  operate  all  necessary 
works  for  the  supplying  of  the  City  and  its  inhabitants 
with  water,  light,  heat,  power,  telegraphic  and  telephonic 
communication,   and   for  the  conveyance  of  passengers 
and  freight  over,  under  and  upon  the  public  streets  and 
rights  of  way  secured  therefor;    to  fix  rates  for  all  com- 
modities furnished  or  services  rendered  and  to  dispose  of 
commodities   produced  or  render  service  in  connection 
with  such  works  outside  of  the  boundaries  of  said  City. 

2.  To  improve  the  rivers,  streams,  bays,  inlets  and 
channels  flowing  through  the  city  or  adjoining  the  same; 
to  widen,  straighten  and  deepen  the  channels  thereof,  and 
remove  obstructions  therefrom ;  to  control  and  improve 
the  water  front  of  the  City;  to  construct  and  maintain 
embankments  and  other  works  to  protect  the  City  from 
overflow;    construct,  maintain  and  operate  on  any  lands 
bordering  on  any  navigable  bay,  inlet,  river,  creek,  slough 
or  arm  of  the  sea,  within  the  limits  of  the  City  or  contigu- 
ous  thereto,   wharves,   chutes,   piers,   breakwaters,   bath 
houses  and  life-saving  stations. 

3.  To  establish  and  change  the  grade  and  to  lay  out 
open,   extend,  widen,  change,  vacate,  pave,   re-pave,  or 
otherwise  improve  all  public  streets  and  highways  and 
public  places,  to  construct  sewers,  drains,  culverts  thereon, 
to  plant  trees,  construct  parking  and  remove  shrubs  and 
weeds.     Also   to   provide   for  the   repair,   cleaning   and 
sprinkling  of  such  streets  and  public  places. 

4.  To  construct  and  maintain  all  works  necessary  for 
the  disposition  of  sewage,  garbage  and  waste. 

5.  To  establish  and  maintain  hospitals,  indigent  homes 
and  all  other  charitable  institutions. 

6.  To  maintain  parks,  playgrounds,  theaters  and  places 
tor  recreation,  and  to  establish  boulevards  and  regulate 
traffic  thereon. 

7.  To    construct    and    maintain    markets,    baths    and 
public  buildings  other  than  school  and  library  buildings. 

SEC.  3.  Whenever  any  street  work  or  other  improve- 
ment is  to  be  done  or  performed  and  the  cost  of  the  whole 
or  any  portion  thereof  is  to  be  paid  by  any  special  as- 


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sessment  levied  upon  property,  all  such  proceedings  shall 
be  had  and  carried  on  by  the  council  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  board  of  public  works. 

SEC.  4.  The  board  of  public  works  shall  appoint  as 
its  executive  officer  a  competent  engineer,  and  upon  the 
latter's  recommendations  such  other  employees  as  are 
necessary  to  supervise,  manage  and  construct,  operate  and 
maintain  the  properties  and  things  under  the  control  of 
said  bQard,  and  shall  fix  the  compensation  for  all  em- 
ployees. 

The  engineer  so  appointed  shall  be  the  City  engineer 
and  street  superintendent,  and  shall,  in  addition  to  his 
other  duties, 

1.  Advise   the    council    and    the    several    department 
boards  upon  all  matters  of  an  engineering  nature. 

2.  Supervise  the  construction  and  have  charge  of  ad- 
ditions and  repairs  of  all  public  buildings  irrespective  of 
departments. 

SEC.  5.  Board  of  public  safety. — The  department  of 
public  safety  shall  be  under  the  management  and  control 
of  a  board  of  public  safety,  which  shall  consist  of  three 
members,  to  be  appointed  by  the  council.  They  shall  serve 
for  the  term  of  six  years  from  and  after  their  appointment 
unless  sooner  removed  by  a  majority  of  said  council; 
provided,  that  the  members  first  appointed  shall  classify 
themselves  by  lot  so  that  the  terms  of  the  members  shall 
expire  respectively  two,  four  and  six  years  after  their 
appointment.  Vacancies  are  to  be  filled  by  the  council  for 
unexpired  terms.  Members  of  the  board  of  public  safety 
shall  receive  no  compensation. 

SE:.  6.  The  board  of  public  safety  shall  have  and 
exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  herein  en- 
umerated, to  wit : 

1.  To  enforce  all  police  and  sanitary  ordinances  and 
regulations  adopted  by  the  council. 

2.  To  have  charge  of  the  police  department. 

3.  To  maintain  and  have  charge  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment and  provide  rules  for  its  government;   to  establish 
all  needful  regulations  necessary  to  preserve  the  health  of 
the  City,  and  to  exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the 
duties  of  boards  of  health  as  prescribed  by  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  California. 

4.  To  establish  and  maintain  a  public  pound. 

5.  It   shall   appoint   such   officers   and   employees   as 
may  he  necessary,  determine  their  duties  and  fix  their 
compensation. 

SEC.  7.     Library  board.— The  department  of  public 


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library  shall  be  under  the  management  and  control  of  a 
library  board,  which  shall  consist  of  three  members,  to 
be  appointed  by  the  council.  They  shall  serve  for  the 
term  of  six  years  from  and  after  their  appointment,  unless 
sooner  removed  by  a  majority  of  said  council ;  provided, 
that  the  members  first  appointed  shall  classify  themselves 
by  lot  so  that  the  terms  of  the  members  shall  expire 
respectively  two,  four  and  six  years  after  their  appoint- 
ment. Vacancies  are  to  he  filled  by  the  council  for  unex- 
pired  terms.  Members  of  the  library  board  shall  receive 
no  compensation.  The  library  board  shall  have  and  exer- 
cise the  powers  and  shall  perform  the  duties  herein  en- 
umerated, to  wit: 

1.  To  manage  and  control  public  libraries,   reading 
rooms,  museums  and  art  galleries  that  are  now  or  may 
hereafter  be  established,  to  maintain  buildings  necessary 
for  the  purposes  above  set  forth. 

2.  To  employ  librarians,   assistants,   and  such   other 
employees  as  may  be  deemed  necessary. 

SEC.  8.  All  of  the  above  boards  shall  have  authority 
to  make  all  contracts  necessary  for  the  full  exercise  of 
the  powers  respectively  conferred,  but  shall  have  no 
authority  to  incur  a  debt  or  obligation  in  excess  of  any 
fund  or  appropriation  made  by  the  council. 

SEC.  9.  Said  boards  shall  perform  all  other  duties 
assigned  to  them  by  the  council,  whether  such  duties  are 
herein  expressly  enumerated  or  not. 

SEC.  10.  In  case  the  council  shall  for  a  period  of 
twenty  days  fail  to  appoint  the  boards  provided  for  in  this 
article,  or  any  member  thereof,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  mayor  to  make  such  appointment. 


ARTICLE   VI 
BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 

SEC.  i.  The  school  department  of  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto  shall  comprise  all  the  schools  within  the  town  of 
Palo  Alto,  the  Palo  Alto  school  district,  and  all  the  terri- 
tory that  is  now  or  may  hereafter  be  annexed  for  school 
purposes  and  shall  consist  of  primary,  grammar,  and  high 
schools  as  now  established  and  such  other  schools  as  may 
hereafter  be  established,  under  the  provisions  of  this 
charter;  and  shall  be  known  as  "Palo  Alto  City  School 
District,"  which  shall  succeed  to  all  the  obligations,  prop- 
erty rights,  and  privileges  of  the  Palo  Alto  school  district. 


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SEC.  2  All  territory  included  within  the  limits  of  the 
Palo  Alto  City  school  district,  but  not  within  the  City 
limits,  shall  be  deemed  a  part  of  said  City  for  the  purpose 
of  holding  the  general  municipal  elections  and  shall  con- 
stitute one  or  more  separate  election  precincts,  and  the 
qualified  electors  therein  shall  vote  only  for  the  board  of 
education  and  on  questions  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the 
people  pertaining  to  school  matters ;  and  said  outside 
territory  shall  be  deemed  a  part  of  said  City  for  all  matters 
connected  with  the  school  department  and  with  the  levy- 
ing and  collecting  of  all  taxes  for  school  purposes. 

SEC.  3.  The  board  of  education  shall  consist  of  five 
irembers,  who  shall  have  been  residents  of  the  school 
district  for  at  least  three  years  immediately  preceding 
their  election,  and  who  shall  serve  without  compensation ; 
provided,  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Palo  Alto  school 
district  shall  be  and  constitute  the  board  of  education 
herein  provided  for  and  shall  exercise  the  powers  hereby 
conferred  thereon  until  the  election  of  their  successors  at 
the  election  provided  for  in  section  4  of  this  article. 

SEC.  4.  The  board  of  trustees  of  Palo  Alto  school 
district  shall  order  and  provide  for  an  election  to  be  held 
in  said  district  on  the  third  Saturday  of  April  in  the  year 
1909,  for  the  election  of  a  board  of  education.  The  mem- 
bers so  elected  shall  classify  themselves  by  lot  so  that  the 
terms  of  the  members  shall  expire  respectively  one,  two, 
three,  four  and  five  years  after  the  first  day  of  May,  1909. 

SEC.  5.  The  term  of  office* of  the  members  of  the 
board  of  education,  excepting  as  provided  in  section  4 
of  this  article,  shall  be  five  years  from  and  after  the  first 
day  of  May  succeeding  their  election. 

SEC.  6.  An  election  shall  be  held  on  the  third  Satur- 
day of  April,  1910,  and  on  the  third  Saturday  of  April 
of  each  year  thereafter  for  the  election  of  a  member  of 
said  board  for  the  full  term  and  for  any  unexpired  term 
that  may  exist. 

SEC.  7.  Said  board  of  education  shall  have  and  exer- 
cise all  the  powers  conferred  upon  boards  of  trustees  and 
boards  of  education  by  the  laws  of  the  State  of  California, 
and  in  addition  thereto  shall  have  power: 

1.  To  annually  appoint  a  superintendent  of  schools, 
define  his  duties  and  fix  his  compensation. 

2.  To  provide  a  system  of  tenure  of  employment  and 
compensation  of  teachers,  but  teachers  shall  be  liable  to 
removal  at  any  time  when  the  welfare  of  the   schools 
demands  such  removal. 


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3.  To  provide  for  the  establishment  of  kindergartens, 
manual  training  schools,  night  schools,  technical  schools, 
and  to  prescribe  the  studies  to  be  taught  therein. 

4.  To  construct  school  buildings  when  necessary,  and 
no  special  election  need  be  held  to  authorize  such  con- 
struction. 

5.  To  provide  free  text-books  when  authorized  so  to 
do  by  the  electors  voting  on  such  proposition. 

6.  To  prescribe  the  requirements  for  graduation  from 
the  public  schools  and  issue  certificates  of  graduation. 

7.  To  provide  the  manner  in  which  all  elections  shall 
be  held  and  conducted  for  the  election  of  members  of  said 
board  and  such  special  elections  as  may  be  authorized  by 
law. 

8.  To  receive  bequests,  devises  and  donations  of  prop- 
erty of  every  kind,  either  absolutely  or  in  trust  for  any 
purpose,  and  to  manage,  hold  or  dispose  of  such  property 
in  accordance  with  the  terms  of , any  bequest,  devise  or 
donation. 

9.  To  fill  any  vacancy  in  the  membership  of  the  board 
by  appointment,  the  person  appointed  to  hold  office  until 
the  first  day  of  May  following  the  next  election  held  for 
the  election  of  members  of  such  board.     At  the  next 
election  succeeding  any  vacancy  a  member  shall  be  elected 
to  serve  for  the  unexpired  term. 

SEC.  8.  The  board  of  education  shall  determine  an- 
nually the  amount  of  money  necessary  to  be  raised  by 
taxation  for  the  maintenance  of  the  public  schools,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  amount  of  money  to  be  received  from  the 
state  and  county;  and  the  board  shall,  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  September  of  each  year,  submit  in  writing  to 
the  board  of  supervisors  of  Santa  Clara  County,  a  careful 
estimate  of  all  money  required  to  be  raised  by  taxation  in 
addition  thereto,  and  said  estimate  shall  state  separately 
the  amount  required  to  be  raised  by  taxation  upon  prop- 
erty within  the  school  district  for  the  support  of  high 
schools,  and  the  amount  required  to  be  raised  by  taxation 
upon  the  property  of  the  school  district  for  the  support  of 
the  schools  other  than  high  schools;  and  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  Santa  Clara  County  shall,  and  they  are 
hereby  authorized  and  directed,  in  each  year  when  fixing 
the  annual  tax  rate  to  levy  and  assess  as  a  school  tax 
for  the  maintenance  of  high  schools,  such  amount  as  the 
board  of  education  shall  report  necessary  for  that  pur- 
pose, and  shall  levy  and  assess  as  a  school  tax  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  the  schools  other  than  high 
schools,  such  amount  as  the  board  of  education  shall 


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report  to  be  necessary  for  that  purpose.  In  addition  to 
the  taxes  levied  for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the 
schools,  the  board  of  supervisors  shall  annually  levy 
a  tax  sufficient  to  pay  the  principal  and  interest  on  all  out- 
standing bonds  of  the  Palo  Alto  school  district. 


ARTICLE  VII 
POLICE  COURT 

SEC.  i.  There  is  hereby  created,  in  and  for  the  City 
of  Palo  Alto,  a  court  which  shall  be  known  as  the  police 
court  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto.  Said  court  shall  consist 
of  one  judge,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  council,  and 
who  shall  serve  during  its  pleasure  and  who  shall  receive 
such  compensation  as  the  council  shall  determine. 

SEC.  2.     Said  court  shall  have  exclusive  jurisdiction: 

1 I )  In  all  prosecutions  for  violations  of  the  City  ordi- 
nances. 

(2)  In  all  actions  for  the  recovery  of  any  fine,  penalty 
or  forfeiture,  and  the  enforcement  of  any  obligation  or 
liability  prescribed  or  created  by  the  City  ordinances  and 
in  which  the  sum  sued  for  does  not  amount  to  three 
hundred  dollars. 

SEC.  3.  Within  the  City  limits  said  court  shall  have 
concurrent  and  co-ordinate  jurisdiction  with  township 
justices'  courts  in  all  matters  and  things  in  which  said 
justices'  courts  now  or  may  hereafter  have  jurisdiction; 
and  the  judge  of  said  police  court  shall  have  as  aforesaid 
like  authority,  power  and  jurisdiction  as  the  justices  of 
said  justices'  court. 

SEC.  4.  Appeals  may  be  taken  to  the  superior  court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  county  of  Santa 
Clara,  from  the  judgments  and  orders  of  said  police  court, 
in  all  cases  in  which  appeals  now  are  or  may  hereafter  be 
provided  by  law  to  be  taken  to  said  superior  court  from 
said  justices'  courts  and  police  courts. 

SEC.  5.  In  all  proceedings  in  and  appeals  from  said 
police  court,  the  pleadings,  practice,  procedure  and  laws, 
now  applicable  or  that  may  hereafter  be  made  applicable 
to  said  justices'  or  police  courts,  are  hereby  adopted  and 
made  applicable  to  said  police  court. 

SEC.  6.  All  fines  and  other  moneys  received  or  col- 
lected by  the  judge  of  said  police  court,  for  or  on  account 
of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  shall  be  paid  into  the  City 
treasury  on  the  first  Monday  in  each  month. 


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SEC.  7.  All  actions  and  proceedings  pending  and 
undetermined  in  the  existing  recorder's  court  of  the  town 
of  Palo  Alto  shall  be  proceeded  with,  heard,  tried,  and 
determined  in  said  police  court  hereby  provided  for, 
before  said  judge,  the  same  as  if  said  actions  or  pro- 
ceedings had  been  originally  commenced  in  said  police 
court. 


ARTICLE  VIII 
THE  RECALL,  INITIATIVE  AND  REFERENDUM 

SEC.  i.  Any  elective  officer  may  be  removed  by  the 
electors  qualified  to  vote  for  the  successor  of  the  officer 
sought  to  be  removed.  The  procedure  to  effect  the  re- 
moval of  an  incumbent  of  an  elective  office  shall  be  as 
follows:  A  petition  signed  by  electors  entitled  to  vote 
for  a  successor  to  the  incumbent  sought  to  be  removed, 
equal  in  number  to  at  least  twenty  per  centum  of  the  en- 
tire vote  cast  at  the  last  preceding  general  municipal  elec- 
tion, demanding  an  election  of  a  successor  of  the  incum- 
bent sought  to  be  removed  shall  be  filed  with  the  clerk, 
and  said  petition  shall  contain  a  general  statement  of  the 
grounds  for  which  the  removal  is  sought. 

The  signatures  to  the  petition  need  not  all  be  appended 
to  one  paper,  but  said  petition  may  be  presented  in  sec- 
tions. The  number  of  signatures  to  each  section  shall 
be  at  the  pleasure  of  the  person  soliciting  signatures  to 
the  same.  Any  qualified  voter  or  taxpayer  of  the  muni- 
cipality shall  be  competent  to  solicit  said  signatures. 
Each  section  shall  have  attached  thereto  the  affidavit  of 
the  person  soliciting  signatures  to  the  same,  stating  that 
all  the  signatures  to  the  attached  section  were  made  in 
his  presence,  and  that  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and 
belief  each  signature  to  the  section  is  the  genuine  sig- 
nature of  the  person  whose  name  purports  to  be  thereunto 
subscribed,  and  no  other  affidavit  thereto  shall  be  re- 
quired. Each  signature,  the  genuineness  of  which  is  not 
called  in  question  by  the  sworn  affidavit  of  the  alleged 
owner  thereof,  shall  be  presumed  to  be  genuine.  Unless 
and  until  it  be  proven  otherwise  by  official  investigation, 
it  shall  be  presumed  that  the  petition  presented  contains 
the  signatures  of  the  requisite  number  of  qualified  voters. 
Each  signer  of  said  petition  shall  add  to  his  signature 
his  place  of  residence,  giving  the  street  and  number. 

Within  ten  days  from  the  date  of  filing  such  petition. 


172  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

the  clerk  shall  examine  and  ascertain  from  the  records 
of  registration  whether  or  not  said  petition  is  signed  by 
the  requisite  number  of  electors  entitled  to  vote,  and  if 
necessary  the  council  shall  allow  the  clerk  extra  help  for 
that  purpose,  and  the  clerk  shall  attach  to  said  petition 
his  certificate  showing  the  result  of  said  examination. 
If,  by  the  said  certificate,  the  petition  is  shown  to  be  in- 
sufficient, it  may  be  amended  by  additional  signatures 
within  ten  days  from  the  date  of  said  certificate.  The 
clerk  shall,  within  ten  days  after  such  amendment,  make 
like  examination  of  the  amended  petition,  and  if  his  cer- 
tificate shall  show  the  same  to  be  insufficient,  it  shall  be 
returned  to  the  person  filing  the  same  without  prejudice, 
however,  to  the  filing  of  a  new  petition  to  the  same  effect. 

If  the  petition  shall  be  found  to  be  sufficient,  the  clerk 
shall  submit  the  same  to  the  council  without  delay,  and 
the  council  shall  thereupon  order  and  fix  a  date  for  hold- 
ing the  said  election,  not  less  than  thirty  days  nor  more 
than  forty  days  from  the  date  of  the  clerk's  certificate 
to  the  council  that  a  sufficient  petition  is  filed. 

All  arrangements  for  said  election  shall  be  made  and 
the  same  shall  be  conducted,  returned,  and  the  results 
thereof  declared,  in  all  respects  as  are  all  other  municipal  • 
elections ;  provided,  that  if  there  be  any  conflict  of  pro- 
visions, this  charter  shall  control. 

Any  person  sought  to  be  removed  may  be  a  candidate 
to  succeed  himself,  and,  unless  he  requests  otherwise,  in 
writing,  the  clerk  shall  place  his  name  on  the  official 
ballot  without  nomination.  In  any  such  removal  elec- 
tion, the  candidate  or  candidates  receiving  the  highest 
number  of  votes  shall  be  declared  elected.  At  such  elec- 
tion, if  some  person  other  than  the  incumbent  receives 
the  highest  number  of  votes,  the  incumbent  shall  there- 
upon be  deemed  removed  from  his  office  upon  qualifi- 
cation of  his  successor.  The  successor  of  any  officer 
so  removed  shall  hold  office  during  the  unexpired  term 
of  his  predecessor.  In  case  the  party  who  receives  the 
highest  number  of  votes  should  fail  to  qualify  within 
ten  days  after  receiving  notification  of  election,  the  office 
shall  be  deemed  vacant.  If  the  incumbent  receives  the 
highest  number  of  votes  he  shall  continue  in  office.  In 
case  more  than  one  councilman  is  sought  to  be  removed, 
whose  terms  shall  not  expire  at  the  same  time,  there 
shall  appear  on  the  ballot  the  date  of  the  expiration  of 
the  respective  terms  and  the  offices  to  be  filled  for  such 
different  terms  shall  be  deemed  separate  and  distinct 
offices  to  be  filled  at  such  election. 


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« 

SEC.  2.  Any  proposed  ordinance  may  be  submitted 
to  the  council  by  a  petition  signed  by  qualified  and  regis- 
tered electors  of  the  city  equal  in  number  to  the  percent- 
age hereinafter  required.  The  petition  shall  set  forth  a 
copy  of  the  proposed  ordinance,  and  the  form  of  such 
petition,  signatures,  verifications,  and  duties  of  the  clerk 
in  respect  thereto,  provided  in  section  i  of  this  article 
for  petitions  for  recall  shall  apply  to  petitions  of  initiative. 

If  the  petition  accompanying  the  proposed  ordinance 
be  signed  by  qualified  and  registered  electors  equal  in 
number  to  ten  per  centum  of  the  entire  vote  cast  at  the 
last  preceding  general  election,  the  council  must  either 
pass  such  ordinance  without  alteration  or  submit  the 
same  to  the  electorate  at  the  next  general  municipal  elec- 
tion that  shall  occur  at  any  time  after  thirty  days  from 
the  date  of  the  clerk's  certificate  of  sufficiency.  But  if 
such  petition  is  signed  by  qualified  and  registered  elect- 
ors equal  in  number  to  twenty  per  centum  of  said  vote 
and  contains  a  request  that  such  ordinance  be  submitted 
to  a  vote  of  the  people  at  a  special  election,  then  the 
council  must  either  pass  the  ordinance  without  alteration 
or  submit  the  same  to  the  electorate  at  a  special  election 
to  be  called  within  sixty  days  from  the  riling  of  such 
petition. 

The  ballots  used  when  voting  upon  such  proposed 
ordinance  shall  contain  the  words  "For  the  Ordinance," 
and  "Against  the  Ordinance"  (stating  the  nature  of  the 
proposed  ordinance).  If  a  majority  of  the  qualified 
electors  voting  on  said  proposed  ordinance  shall  vote  in 
favor  thereof,  such  ordinance  shall  thereupon  become  a 
valid  and  binding  ordinance  of  the  City.  The  council 
may  at  such  election  submit  any  amendment  thereto  that 
it  may  deem  proper,  and  the  ballots  used  at  such  elec- 
tion shall  contain  the  words  "For  the  Amendment,"  or 
"Against  the  Amendment,"  or  ordinance  (naming  the 
ordinance)  and  also  stating  the  nature  of  the  proposed 
amendment.  If  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors 
voting  on  said  proposed  amendment  shall  vote  in  favor 
thereof,  such  ordinance  shall  thereupon  be  deemed 
amended  in  accordance  therewith.  The  council  may  also 
propose  and  submit  any  ordinance  to  the  electors,  and 
such  ordinance,  upon  receiving  a  majority  of  the  votes 
of  the  electors,  voting  thereon,  shall  be  deemed  to  have 
been  adopted  and  shall  be  the  valid  and  binding  ordinance 
of  the  City.  Any  ordinance  adopted  by  the  electors  un- 
der the  provisions  of  this  article  can  not  be  repealed  or 
amended,  except  by  a  vote  of  the  people  obtained  in  the 


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manner  hereinbefore  stated,  unless  such  ordinance  shall 
otherwise  provide. 

Any  number  of  proposed  ordinances  may  be  voted 
upon  at  the  same  election  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section ;  provided,  that  there  shall  not  be 
held  under  this  section  of  the  charter  more  than  one 
special  election  in  any  period  of  twelve  months. 

SEC.  3.  Any  ordinance  or  resolution,  other  than 
such  as  may  be  required  to  be  passed  at  a  particular  time 
or  for  the  purpose  of  complying  with  a  charter  or  statu- 
tory law  and  excepting  such  ordinances  or  resolutions  as 
may  be  declared  by  the  council  to  be  necessary  as  emerg- 
ency measures  for  the  immediate  preservation  of  the 
public  peace,  health  or  safety,  shall  be  subject  to  a  refer- 
endum as  herein  provided ;  provided  further  that  the  pe- 
tition for  such  referendum  be  filed  within  sixty  (60) 
days  from  the  final  passage  of  such  ordinance  or  reso- 
lution. 

Whenever  a  petition  shall  be  presented  to  the  coun- 
cil, asking  that  a  particular  ordinance  or  resolution  named 
therein  be  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  electors,  and  signed 
as  required  for  an  initiative  petition  in  section  2  of 
this  article,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  council  to  submit 
the  question  of  the  approval  or  rejection  of  such  ordi- 
nance or  resolution  to  the  electors  at  a  regular  or  special 
election,  and  until  such  election  is  held  and  the  ordinance 
approved  by  the  electors  the  provisions  of  such  ordi- 
nance or  resolution  shall  be  suspencfed  and  be  inoper- 
ative. 

All  the  proceedings  relative  to  the  submission  of  or- 
dinances by  initiative  shall  apply  to  ordinances  submitted 
by  a  referendum  petition,  and  the  vote  thereon  shall  be 
of  the  same  force  and  effect  as  provided  in  section  2. 


ARTICLE  IX 
MISCELLANEOUS 

SEC.  i.  The  ordaining  clause  ,of  ;all  ordinances 
adopted  by  the  council  shall  be,  "The  council  of  the  City 
of  Palo  Alto  do  ordain  as  follows,"  and  the  ordaining 
clause  of  all  ordinances  adopted  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  article  VIII  shall  be,  "The  people  of  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto  do  ordain  as  follows." 

SEC.  2.     No  franchise  shall  be  granted  by  the  council, 
but  may  be  granted  by  the  electors  by  ordinance  proposed 


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and  adopted  as  provided  in  section  2  of  article  VIII  of 
this  charter;  provided,  that  the  petition  therefor  shall  be 
signed  by  qualified  and  registered  voters  equal  in  number 
to  at  least  twenty  per  centum  of  the  votes  cast  at  the  last 
preceding  general  municipal  election ;  and  provided  fur- 
ther, that  no  franchise  shall  be  granted  for  a  longer 
term  than  twenty-five  years. 

SEC.  3.  No  officer  of  the  City  shall  be  interested  in 
any  contract  entered  into  by  the  City,  and  the  general 
laws  of  the  state  forbidding  city  officials  to  be  so  inter- 
ested is  hereby  made  a  part  of  this  charter. 

SEC.  4.  The  council  shall  publish  annually  a  finan- 
cial report  of  the  City  and  furnish  a  copy  thereof  to  each 
taxpayer  residing  therein. 

SEC.  5.  The  revenue  of  each  public  utility  shall  be 
kept  in  a  separate  fund  from  all  other  receipts  and  shall 
be  used  for  the  purposes  and  in  the  order  as  follows : 

1.  For  the  payment  of  the  operating  and  maintenance 
expenses  of  such  utility. 

2.  For  the  payment  of  interest  on  the  bonded  debt  in- 
curred for  the  construction  or  acquisition  of  such  utility. 

3.  For  the  payment  of  the  principal  of  said  debt,  as  it 
may  become  due. 

4.  The  remainder  shall  be  paid  into  the  general  fund. 
SEC.  6.     No  ballot  used  at  any  municipal   election 

shall  contain  any  reference  to  a  political  party,  and  no 
designation  or  symbol  shall  be  placed  in  connection  with 
the  name  of  any  candidate.  Any  person  otherwise  quali- 
fied may  be  a  candidate  for  an  elective  office  at  any  elec- 
tion, regular  or  special,  by  filing  with  the  clerk,  not  less 
than  ten  days  prior  to  the  day  of  election,  a  petition 
signed  by  qualified  and  registered  voters  equal  in  number 
to  three  per  centum  of  the  votes  cast  at  the  last  general 
municipal  election. 

SEC.  7.  No  member  of  the  council  shall  hold  any 
other  municipal  office,  or  hold  any  office  or  employment, 
the  compensation  of  which  is  paid  out  of  the  municipal 
moneys ;  or  be  elected  or  appointed  to  any  office  created 
or  the  compensation  of  which  is  increased  by  the  council 
while  he  was  a  member  thereof,  until  one  year  after  the 
expiration  of  the  term  for  which  he  was  elected. 

SEC.  8.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  ever 
exercise  any  franchise,  license,  permit,  easement,  privil- 
ege or  other  use,,  except  in  so  far  as  he  or  it  may  be  en- 
titled to  do  so  by  direct  authority  of  the  constitution  of 
the  State  of  California,  or  of  the  constitution  or  laws  of 
the  United  States,  in,  upon,  over,  under  or  along  any 
street,  highway  or  other  public  place  in  the  City  unless 


176  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

he  or  it  shall  have  first  obtained  a  grant  therefor  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  charter. 

SEC.  9.  Liens  for  taxes  levied  shall  attach  to  the 
property  charged  therewith  on  the  first  Monday  in  March 
at  12  o'clock  M. 


ARTICLE  XI 
AMENDMENTS 

SEC.  i.  This  charter  may  be  amended  at  intervals  of 
not  less  than  two  years  by  proposals  therefor,  submitted 
by  the  council  to  the  qualified  electors  of  the  City  at  a 
general  or  special  election,  held  at  least  forty  days  after 
the  publication  of  such  proposals  .  for  twenty  days  in  a 
daily  newspaper  of  general  circulation  in  said  City  and 
ratified  by  a  majority  of  the  electors  voting  thereon,  and 
approved  by  the  legislature  as  provided  in  the  constitution 
of  the  State  of  California.  Whenever  fifteen  per  centum 
of  the  qualified  voters  of  the  City  shall  petition  the  coun- 
cil to  submit  any  proposed  amendment  or  amendments 
to  this  charter  to  the  qualified  voters  thereof  for  approval 
the  council  must  submit  the  same.  In  submitting  any 
such  amendment  or  amendments  to  the  charter  any  alter- 
native article  or  proposition  may  be  presented  for  the 
choice  of  the  voters  and  may  be  voted  on  separately  with- 
out prejudice  to  the  others. 

SEC.  2.  The  petition  herein  provided  for  must  be 
made,  presented,  examined,  and  certified  to  in  the  man- 
ner and  form  required  for  petitions  in  section  I  of  article 
VIII  of  this  charter. 

SEC.  3.  The  council  must  make  all  necessary  pro- 
visions for  submitting  proposed  amendments  to  the  elect- 
ors, and  shall  canvas  the  votes  in  the  same  manner  as  in 
other  elections. 

SEC.  4.  The  ballots  used  at  such  elections  shall  con- 
tain the  words  "For  the  Amendment"  and  "Against  the 
Amendment"  ( stating  the  nature  of  the  proposed  amend- 
ment). 


ARTICLE  XII 

This  charter  shall  take  effect  at  noon  on  July  i,  1909; 
provided  that  all  provisions  relative  to  public  schools,  to 
elections,  the  qualifications  of  candidates,  the  nomination 


CHARTER  177 

of  candidates  for  public  office  shall  be  operative  upon  the 
approval  of  this  charter  by  the  legislature,  and  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  town  of  Palo  Alto  are  hereby  directed 
to  provide  for  all  elections  provided  herein  to  be  held 
prior  to  the  first  day  of  July,  1909,  and  to  issue  certificates 
of  election  to  the  persons  elected  to  the  office  of  coun- 
cilmen. 

All  the  present  officials  of  the  town  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
continue  to  perform  the  duties  now  required  of  them 
until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified  as  in 
this  charter  provided. 


CERTIFICATE 

WHEREAS,  The  town  of  Palo  Alto,  a  city  of  more  than 
three  thousand  five  hundred  inhabitants,  did  on  the 
twenty-fourth  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1908,  have  a  special 
election,  and  under  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  section  8,  article  XI  of  the  constitution  of  the  State 
of  California,  elect  the  undersigned,  a  board  of  fifteen 
freeholders,  to  prepare  and  propose  a  charter  for  said 
City; 

BE  IT  KNOWN,  That  in  pursuance  of  said  provisions 
of  the  constitution  of  the  State  of  California,  and  with- 
in a  period  of  ninety  days  after  such  election,  we,  the 
members  of  the  said  board  of  freeholders,  have  prepared 
and  do  hereby  propose  the  foregoing  articles  signed  in 
duplicate,  as  and  for  the  charter  of  the  said  City  of  Palo 
Alto. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we  have  hereunto  set  our 
hands,  at  the  town  of  Palo  Alto,  county  of  Santa  Clara, 
in  the  State  of  California,  this  twentieth  day  of  Novem- 
ber, A.  D.  1908. 

MARSHALL  BLACK,   President 

C.  E.  JORDAN,  Secretary 

WALTER  E.  VAIL 

E.  C.  THOITS 

S.  W.  CHARLES 

BENJAMIN  P.  OAKFORD 

A.  N.  UMPHREYS 

H.  W.  SIMKINS 

STANLEY  FORBES 

CHAS.  B.  WING 

JOHN  T.  COULTHARD 

C.  S.  DOWNING 

C.  B.  STINSON 


178  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


ADDITIONAL  PROPOSITION  SUBMITTED  TO 
A  VOTE  OF  THE  PEOPLE  AND  PROPOSED 
TO  BE  INCORPORATED  IN  THE  CHARTER 
FOR  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO. 

PROPOSITION    I 

ARTICLE  X 
ALCOHOLIC   LIQUORS 

SEC.  i.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons, firm,  corporation,  club  or  association  or  member  of 
such  club  or  association  to  establish,  carry  on,  keep  or 
maintain  a  place  where  spirituous,  vinous,  malt  or  in- 
toxicating liquors  or  any  admixture  thereof  or  any  al- 
coholic drinks  whatsoever  are  sold,  kept  for  sale,  offered 
for  sale,  furnished,  distributed,  divided,  delivered  or 
given  away. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  either 
as  owner,  employer,  agent,  servant,  clerk  or  employe, 
to  sell  or  deliver  any  of  the  liquors  herein  mentioned,  or 
to  solicit  the  sale  of  or  take  orders  for  the  same  within 
the  limits  of  the  city  of  Palo  Alto. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  directly 
or  indirectly,  to  keep  or  maintain,  by  himself  or  by  as- 
sociating or  combining  with  others,  or  in  any  manner  to 
aid,  assist  or  abet  in  keeping  or  maintaining  any  club 
room  or  other  place  within  the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  in 
which  any  intoxicating  liquors  are  kept  for  the  purpose 
of  gift,  barter  or  sale,  or  for  distribution  among  the 
members  of  any  club  or  association. 

SEC.  4.  Any  violation  of  the  foregoing  provisions 
in  this  section  shall  constitute  a  misdemeanor,  punishable 
upon  conviction  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $300.00  or  by 
imprisonment  in  the  City  jail  for  a  period  of  not  more 
than  three  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprison- 
ment. 

SEC.  5.  The  council  may  by  proper  ordinance  pro- 
vide additional  penalties,  not  inconsistent  with  the  law, 
for  the  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  and 
may  adopt  such  further  restrictions  as  will  make  the  said 
provisions  effective. 

SEC.  6.     Nothing   in   this    article    shall   be   held   or 


CHARTER  179 

construed  as  prohibiting  the  sale  or  use  of  alcoholic 
liquor  for  medicinal,  industrial,  sacramental  or  scientific 
purposes,  but  the  council  shall  impose  such  regulations 
governing  such  sale  and  use  of  such  liquors  as  will  pre- 
vent the  violation  or  evasion  of  the  provisions  of  this 
article. 


CERTIFICATE 

WHEREAS,  The  town  of  Palo  Alto,  a  city  of  more 
than  thirty-five  hundred  inhabitants,  did  on  the  twenty- 
fourth  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1908,  have  a  special  election, 
and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  8,  article 
XI  of  the  constitution  of  the  State  of  California,  elect 
the  undersigned,  a  board  of  fifteen  freeholders,  to  pre- 
pare a  proposed  charter  for  said  City ; 

BE  IT  KNOWN,  That  in  pursuance  of  said  provisions 
of  the  constitution  of  the  State  of  California  and  within 
a  period  of  ninety  days  after  such  election,  we,  the  mem- 
bers of  said  board  of  freeholders,  have  prepared  and  do 
hereby  propose  the  foregoing  additional  article  signed  in 
duplicate  as  and  for  a  part  of  the  charter  of  the  said  City 
of  Palo  Alto,  to  be  presented  for  the  choice  of  the  voters 
of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  and  to  be  voted  on  separately 
without  prejudice  to  said  proposed  charter  or  to  any  or 
either  of  the  articles  or  propositions  herewith  presented. 
IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we  have  hereunto  set  our 
hands,  at  the  town  of  Palo  Alto,  county  of  Santa  Clara, 
in  the  State  of  California,  this  twentieth  day  of  Novem- 
ber, A.  D.  1908. 

MARSHALL  BLACK,  President 

C.  E.  JORDAN,  Secretary 

WALTER  E.  VAIL 

E.  C.  THOITS 

S.  W.  CHARLES 

BENJAMIN  P.  OAKFORD 

A.  N.  UMPHREYS 

H.  W.  SIMKINS 

STANLEY   FORBES 

CHAS.  B.  WING 

JOHN  T.  COULTHARD 

C.  S.  DOWNING 

C.  B.  STINSON 

Filed  November  21,  1908,  at  8:30  a.m.,  with  Charles 
D.  Marx,  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  town 
of  Palo  Alto. 


l8o  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


MEMORANDUM 

The  first  official  publication  of  the  foregoing  charter 
was  made  in  the  Daily  Palo  Alto  Times,  a  daily  news- 
paper of  general  circulation,  on  Tuesday,  December  8, 
1908,  in  accordance  with  a  resolution  adopted  by  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  town  of  Palo  Alto  on  Tuesday, 
December  i,  1908,  and  by  direction  of  the  president  of 
said  board  and  the  town  clerk  as  provided  for  in  said 
resolution. 

State  of  California,  (    ss 

County  of  Santa  Clara     j 

I,  Charles  D.  Marx,  president  of  the  board  of  town 
trustees  of  the  town  of  Palo  Alto,  California,  do  hereby 
certify  that  I  now  am  and  at  all  of  the  times  herein  men- 
tioned was  the  duly  elected,  qualified  and  acting  president 
of  said  board  of  town  trustees  of  the,  town  of  Palo  Alto ; 
that  the  board  of  freeholders  whose  names  appear  signed 
to  the  foregoing  proposed  charter  and  the  alternative 
proposition  were,  and  each  of  them  was,  on  the  24th 
day  of  August,  A.  D.  1908,  at  a  special  municipal  elec- 
tion held  in  said  town  of  Palo  Alto,  on  said  last  named 
day,  duly  elected  by  the  qualified  voters  of  said  town  as 
such  freeholders,  to  prepare  and  propose  a  charter  for 
said  town ;  that  each  of  the  persons  so  elected  was  a  free- 
holder and  was  at  the  time  of  said  election,  and  had  been 
continuously  for  more  than  five  years  immediately  prior 
thereto  a  qualified  elector  of  the  said  town  of  Palo  Alto ; 
that  said  board  of  freeholders,  in  accordance  with  law, 
prepared  and  proposed  a  charter  and  prepared  and  pro- 
posed the  foregoing  alternative  proposition  for  said  town, 
in  duplicate ;  that  the  foregoing  is  a  full,  true  and  correct 
copy  of  said  proposed  charter  of  the  said  town  of  Palo 
Alto,  including  the  said  alternative  proposition  I,  which 
were  prepared  and  proposed  by  said  board  of  freehold- 
ers, one  copy  of  which  said  proposed  charter  and  of  said 
proposed  alternative  proposition  was  duly  returned  to  me 
as  president  of  the  said  board  of  town  trustees  of  the  town 
of  Palo  Alto,  and  the  other  copy  thereof  was  duly  re- 
turned to  and  filed  with  the  recorder  of  the  county  of 
Santa  Clara,  all  within  ninety  days  after  said  election,  as 
required  by  section  eight  of  article  eleven  of  the  consti- 
tution of  this  state ;  that  such  proposed  charter  and  the 


CHARTER  l8l 

said  alternative  proposition  I,  were  then  published  in  the 
Daily  Palo  Alto  Times  (the  same  being  a  daily  newspaper 
of  general  circulation  in  said  town)  for  more  than 
twenty  days,  and  the  first  publication  thereof  was  made 
within  twenty  days  after  the  completion  of  said  proposed 
charter  and  said  alternative  proposition ;  that  within 
thirty  days  after  the  publication  of  said  proposed  char- 
ter and  said  alternative  proposition  I  as  aforesaid,  and 
as  required  by  said  section  eight  of  the  constitution,  to 
wit:  On  the  2ist  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1909,  said  pro- 
posed charter  and  said  alternative  proposition  I,  were 
submitted  to  a  special  municipal  election  duly  held  in 
the  said  town  of  Palo  Alto,  for  the  purpose  of  ratifying 
or  rejecting  said  proposed  charter  and  the  said  alter- 
native proposition. 

That  said  proposed  charter  as  a  whole  and  the  said 
alternative  proposition  were  duly  ratified  at  said  last 
mentioned  election  by  the  majority  of  the  votes  of  the 
qualified  electors  of  said  town  voting  thereon,  and  that 
the  returns  of  said  last  mentioned  election  were  duly 
canvassed  by  the  board  of  town  trustees  of  said  town 
of  Palo  Alto  on  the  2nd  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1909, 
and  the  result  thereof  declared  as  above  set  forth. 

And  I  further  certify  that  all  the  times  herein  men- 
tioned said  town  of  Palo  Alto  contained  a  population  of 
more  than  three  thousand  five  hundred,  and  that  in  all 
matters  and  things  pertaining  to  said  proposed  charter 
and  the  said  alternative  proposition,  the  provisions  of 
section  eight  of  article  eleven  of  the  constitution  and  of 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  California  pertaining  to  the 
adoption  of  said  proposed  charter  and  the  said  alternat- 
ive proposition  have,  in  every  particular,  been  fully  com- 
plied with. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  said  town  this  2nd  day  of 
February,  A.  D.  1909. 

CHAS.  D.  MARX, 

President  of  the  Board  of  Town  Trustees 
[SEAL]  of  the  Town  of  Palo  Alto. 

Attest :  C.  H.  JORDAN, 

Town  Clerk  and  ex-officio  Clerk  of  the  Board 
of  Town  Trustees  of  the  Town  of  Palo  Alto. 


1 82  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 


JOINT  RESOLUTION  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE 
OF  THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  APPROV- 
ING THE  FOREGOING  CHARTER  OF  THE 
CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

Now,  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  of  the  State  of  California,  the 
Assembly  thereof  concurring  (a  majority  of  all  the  mem- 
bers elected  to  each  house  voting  for  the  adoption  of 
this  resolution  and  concurring  therein),  That  said  char- 
ter of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  including  said  additional 
proposition  No.  I,  as  presented  to  and  adopted  and  rati- 
fied by  the  electors  of  said  town  of  Palo  Alto  as  herein 
above  set  forth,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  approved  as 
a  whole,  as  and  for  the  charter  of  said  City  of  Palo  Alto 
as  aforesaid. 


AMENDMENTS  TO  CHARTER  OF 
THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

APPROVING  TEN  CERTAIN  AMENDMENTS  TO  THE  CHAR- 
TER OF  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO,  COUNTY  OF  SANTA 
CLARA,  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA,  VOTED  FOR  AND  RATI- 
FIED BY  THE  QUALIFIED  ELECTORS  OF  THE  SAID  CITY 
OF  PALO  ALTO,  AT  A  SPECIAL  MUNICIPAL  ELECTION 
HELD  THEREIN  FOR  THAT  PURPOSE  ON  THE  FIRST 
DAY  OF  FEBRUARY,  1911.  (ADOPTED  MARCH  24,  1911) 

WHEREAS,  The  City  of  Palo  Alto,  in  the  County  of 
Santa  Clara,  State  of  California,  contains  a  population 
of  more  than  thirty-five  hundred  inhabitants,  and  has 
been  ever  since  the  year  1909,  and  is  now,  organized  and 
acting  under  a  freeholders'  charter,  adopted  under  and 
by  virtue  of  section  eight  of  article  eleven  of  the  consti- 
tution of  the  State  of  California,  which  charter  was  duly 
ratified  by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors  of  said 
City,  at  a  special  election  held  for  that  purpose  on  the 
2 ist  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1909,  and  approved  by  the 
legislature  of  the  State  of  California  on  the  2Oth  day  of 
February,  1909  (Statutes  of  1909,  page  1175)  ;  and 

WHEREAS,  The  City  council  of  the  said  City  of  Palo 
Alto  did  by  ordinance  duly  adopted  by  said  City  council 
and  approved  by  the  mayor  of  said  City  on  the  22nd  day 
of  November,  1910,  and  pursuant  to  section  8  of  article 
ii  of  the  constitution  of  the  State  of  California,  duly 
propose  to  the  qualified  electors  of  said  City  of  Palo  Alto, 
certain  amendments  to  the  Charter  of  said  City  of  Palo 
Alto,  to  be  submitted  to  the  said  qualified  electors  at  a 
special  municipal  election  to  be  held  in  said  City  on  the 
first  day  of  February,  1911 ;  said  amendments  being  six- 
teen in  number ;  and 

WHEREAS,  Said  proposed  amendments  were,  and  each 
of  them  was,  published  for  twenty  days  in  a  daily  news- 
paper printed  and  published  in  said  City  of  Palo  Alto, 
and  having  a  general  circulation  therein,  to  wit:  The 
Daily  Palo  Alto  Times ;  said  publication  beginning  on 
the  23rd  day  of  November,  1910,  and  ending  the  i6th 
day  of  December,  1910 ;  and 


184  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

WHEREAS,  The  City  council  of  said  City  did  by  said 
ordinance,  duly  adopted  by  said  City  council  and  approv- 
ed by  the  mayor  of  said  City,  order  the  holding  of  a  spe- 
cial municipal  election  in  said  City  of  Palo  Alto  on  the 
first  day  of  February,  1911,  said  day  being  at  least  forty 
days  after  the  publication  of  said  proposed  amendments 
for  twenty  days  in  said  daily  newspaper  of  general  cir- 
culation in  said  City  of  Palo  Alto,  to  wit:  The  Daily- 
Palo  Alto  Times ;  and  did  provide  in  said  ordinance  for 
the  submission  of  the  proposed  Charter  Amendments 
numbers  I,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  n,  12,  13,  14,  15 
and  1 6,  and  alternative  amendments  numbers  3,  4  and  5, 
to  the  qualified  electors  of  said  City  for  their  ratification 
at  said  election  ;  and 

WHEREAS,  Said  election  was  duly  called  and  held  on 
said  ist  day  of  February,  1911,  and  at  said  election  a 
majority  of  the  qualified  electors  voting  thereon  voted  in 
favor  of  the  ratification  of  and  did  ratify  ten  of  the  pro- 
posed amendments  to  said  charter ;  and 

WHEREAS,  The  City  council  of  the  said  City  of  Palo 
Alto  in  accordance  with  the  law  in  such  cases  made  and 
provided,  did  meet  on  Wednesday,  the  8th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1911,  at  their  usual  time  and  place  of  meeting,  and 
duly  canvas  the  returns  of  said  election  as  certified  by 
the  election  boards,  and  duly  found,  determined  and  de- 
clared that  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors  of  said 
City  voting  thereon  had  voted  for  and  ratified  ten  of  said 
proposed  Amendments  to  the  Charter  of  said  City  of 
Palo  Alto;  and 

WHEREAS,  The  council  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  are 
in  doubt  as  to  the  legality  of  the  ratification  and  adoption 
of  Amendment  number  seven,  owing  to  an  error  in  the 
instructions  to  voters  on  said  specific  Amendment  num- 
ber seven ;  therefore  said  Amendment  number  seven  is 
herein  set  forth  as  a  distinct  and  separate  amendment 
for  the  consideration  of  the  legislature  without  prejudice 
to  the  nine  other  amendments  herein  set  forth ; 

That  said  Amendment  number  seven  is  in  words  and 
figures  as  follows,  to  wit: 


CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  SEVEN 

Section  7  of  article  9  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto  shall  be  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

No  member  of  the  council  shall  hold  any  office  or 
employment  the  compensation  for  which  is  paid  out  of 
municipal  moneys ;  or  be  elected  or  appointed  to  any 


AMENDMENTS    TO    CHARTER  185 

office  created,  or  the  compensation  of  which  is  increased 
by  the  council  while  he  was  a  member  thereof,  until  one 
year  after  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  he  was 
elected. 

WHEREAS,  The  said  nine  subsequent  amendments  to 
the  charter  so  ratified  by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  elect- 
ors of  said  City  voting  at  said  election  are  in  words  and 
figures  as  follows,  to  wit: 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  EIGHT 

Article  9  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
be  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  section,  to  be  known 
as  section  10,  and  to  read  as  follows : 

SEC.  10.  In  the  erection,  improvement  and  repair 
of  all  public  buildings  and  works,  in  all  street  and  sewer 
work,  done  under  and  by  authority  of  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  California  creating  a  bonded  indebtedness  of 
the  municipality,  or  done  under  and  by  authority  of  any 
of  the  street  laws  of  the  State  of  California,  which  laws 
are  hereby  made  a  part  of  this  Charter,  the  work  shall 
be  let  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder;  provided,  how- 
ever, the  council  may  reject  any  and  all  bids  if  deemed 
excessive,  and  readvertise  for  bids  or  provide  for  the 
work  to  be  done  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works. 

In  case  no  bid  is  received,  the  council  may  likewise 
provide  for  the  work  to  be  done  by  the  Department  of 
Public  Works. 

When  the  estimate  of  the  cost  of  said  work  by  the 
City  engineer  shows  that  said  work  can  be  done  for  an 
equal  or  less  cost  than  that  of  the  lowest  bid,  then  any 
of  the  work  herein  mentioned  may  be  done  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works,  and  the  said  department  shall  be 
deemed  the  contractor,  with  the  right  to  enforce  all  liens, 
and  with  the  same  powers,  rights,  duties  and  obligations 
as  are  made  and  provided  by  the  laws  of  the  state  for 
contractors  who  have  entered  into  contracts  to  do  such 
work  as  the  lowest  responsible  bidder. 

The  council  shall  have  power  to  adopt  ordinances  for 
the  purpose  of  carrying  out  these  provisions,  and  such 
ordinances  shall  be  supplemental  to  the  existing  laws  of 
the  State,  and  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  NINE 

Article  9  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
be  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  section  to  be  known 
as  section  n,  and  to  read  as  follows: 


1 86  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

SEC.  ii.  Upon  a  petition  of  the  owners  of  the  ma- 
jority of  the  frontage  abutting  upon  any  street  or  part 
thereof,  the  council  shall  have  the  power  by  ordinance  to 
require,  or  provide,  or  adopt  general  law  or  laws  for  the 
planting,  maintenance,  or  care  of  grass  plots  between  the 
sidewalk  and  roadway  in  such  street  or  part  thereof,  and 
to  make  the  cost  thereof  a  lien  and  charge  upon  the  abut- 
ting property,  and  to  make  provisions  for  the  enforce- 
ment of  such  liens  by  the  sale  of  property  or  otherwise. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  TEN 

Article  9  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
be  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  section,  to  be  known 
as  section  12,  and  to  read  as  follows : 

SEC.  12.  The  council  shall  have  power,  by  ordi- 
nance, to  require  or  provide  for  the  removal  of  grass, 
weeds  or  other  obstructions  from  the  sidewalks,  park- 
ings or  streets  and  to  make  the  cost  of  same  a  lien  or 
charge  against  the  abutting  property,  and  to  make  pro- 
vision for  the  enforcement  of  such  liens  by  the  sale  of 
property  or  otherwise. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  ELEVEN 

Article  9  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
be  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  section  to  be  known 
as  section  13,  and  to  read  as  follows: 

SEC.  13.  The  council  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance, 
to  require  or  provide  for  the  removal  from  property, 
lands,  or  lots,  all  weeds,  rubbish  or  other  material  which 
may  endanger  or  injure  neighboring  property,  or  the 
health  or  welfare  of  the  residents  of  the  vicinity,  and  to 
make  the  cost  thereof  a  lien  or  charge  upon  such  proper- 
ty, lands,  or  lots,  or  otherwise. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  TWELVE 

Article  9  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
be  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  section  to  be  known 
as  section  14,  and  to  read  as  follows : 

SEC.  14.  The  council  shall  have  the  power,  by  ordi- 
nance, to  enforce  the  laying  of  sewer,  water  or  gas  pipes 
or  other  mains  or  conduits  on  streets  to  be  improved  be- 
fore the  same  are  improved ;  and  to  require  the  owners 
of  real  property  fronting  upon  any  street,  lane,  alley,  or 
other  public  place,  in  which  there  are  or  in  which  it  is 


AMENDMENTS    TO    CHARTER  187 

proposed  to  be  constructed,  sewer,  water  or  gas  pipes, 
or  other  mains  or  conduits,  to  connect  their  several  prem- 
ises therewith,  or  to  cause  such  connection  to  be  made, 
and  to  make  the  cost  of  same  a  lien  upon  the  property  so 
connected,  and  to  make  provision  for  the  enforcement 
of  such  lien  by  the  sale  of  property  or  otherwise. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  THIRTEEN 

Article  9  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
be  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  section  to  be  known 
as  section  130,  and  to  read  as  follows: 

SEC.  130.  The  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall  have  the 
power  to  repair  or  improve  all  streets  or  avenues  in  said 
city  upon  which  street  railway  tracks  are  laid  between 
the  rails  of  said  tracks  and  for  two  feet  on  either  side 
thereof ;  said  City  shall  also  have  the  power  to  repair  all 
excavations  made  in  streets  by  any  public  service  cor- 
poration, company  or  person. 

All  said  work  done  by  the  City  on  account  of  street 
railways  or  excavations  to  be  a  lien  upon  any  property 
of  the  corporation,  company  or  person  on  whose  account 
the  work  is  done. 

The  person,  company  or  corporation  owning  or  oper- 
ating any  street  railway  in  said  City  shall  pay  to  the  City 
one-third  of  the  annual  cost  of  watering,  oiling,  or  other- 
wise treating  such  streets  for  laying  dust  thereon. 

The  council  shall  have  power  to  adopt  ordinances  for 
the  purpose  of  carrying  out  and  enforcing  this  provision. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  FOURTEEN 

Article  8  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
be  amended  by  adding  a  new  section  thereto  to  be  known 
as  section  4,  and  to  read  as  follows : 

SEC.  4.  The  majority  vote  of  the  electors  required 
to  pass  an  initiative  ordinance,  as  provided  by  section  2 
of  this  article,  shall  be  not  only  a  majority  of  the  votes 
cast  on  the  ordinance,  but  shall  be  an  affirmative  vote  on 
such  ordinance  equal  to  a  majority  of  the  total  number  of 
those  cast  at  the  last  preceding  general  municipal  election. 

CHARTER   AMENDMENT    NUMBER    FIFTEEN 

Article  7  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
be  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  section  to  be  known 
as  section  8,  and  to  read  as  follows: 


l88  THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

SEC.  8.  The  judge  of  said  police  court  shall  have 
power  to  administer  oaths,  take  and  certify  affidavits  in 
the  same  manner  and  like  effect  as  justices  of  peace.  He 
shall  have  and  use  a  seal,  on  which  shall  be  engraved 
the  arms  of  the  State  and  the  words  "Judge  of  the  Po- 
lice Court  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto." 

He  shall  have  power  to  issue  warrants,  writs  and 
summons  in  all  respects  as  if  issued  by  the  justice  of 
peace. 

Any  warrant,  writ  or  summons  issued  out  of  said 
court  may  be  served  in  any  county  -of  the  state  provided 
that  there  is  attached  to  it  a  certificate  under  seal  by  the 
county  clerk  of  Santa  Clara  County  to  the  effect  that  the 
person  issuing  same  was  the  acting  judge  of  said  court 
at  the  time  of  the  issuance  of  said  process. 

Any  justice  of  peace  of  Palo  Alto  township  shall  pos- 
sess the  same  powers  herein  conferred  upon  the  police 
court  of  said  City,  and  in  case  of  the  disability  or  ab- 
sence, or  upon  the  request  of  the  judge  of  said  court, 
shall  act  as  judge  of  said  court;  but  the  authority  herein 
conferred  upon  said  justice  of  the  peace  shall  not  be 
construed  as  impairing,  reducing  or  taking  from  the 
police  judge  any  right,  power  or  jurisdiction  vested  in 
him. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  SIXTEEN 

Article  7  of  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  shall 
be  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  section,  to  be  known 
as  section  9,  and  to  read  as  follows : 

SEC.  9.  The  chief  of  police  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Board  of  Public  Safety.  He  shall  have  the  same 
powers  that  are  now,  or  may  be  hereafter,  conferred  up- 
on sheriffs  by  the  laws  of  the  State,  and  shall  in  all  re- 
spects be  entitled  to  the  same  protection.  He  shall  serve, 
and  is  hereby  authorized  to  execute  and  return  all  pro- 
cesses, both  civil  and  criminal,  issued  and  directed  to 
him  by  any  legal  authority;  and 

WHEREAS,  The  said  proposed  Amendments  to  the 
Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto  so  ratified  are  now  sub- 
mitted to  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  for 
approval  or  rejection  without  power  of  alteration  or 
amendment  in  accordance  with  section  eight  of  article 
eleven  of  the  State  of  California. 


AMENDMENTS    TO    CHARTER  189 


State  of  California          ") 
County  of  Santa  Clara    >•  ss- 
City  of  Palo  Alto  } 

This  is  to  certify  that  we,  Charles  B.  Wing,  mayor  of 
the  City  of  Palo  Alto,  and  Frank  Kasson,  clerk  of  the 
City  of  Palo  Alto,  have  compared  the  foregoing  proposed 
and  ratified  Amendments  to  the  Charter  of  the  City  of 
Palo  Alto  with  the  original  ordinance  proposing  such 
Amendments  and  submitting  the  same  to  the  qualified 
electors  of  said  City  at  a  special  municipal  election,  call- 
ed for  that  purpose  on  Wednesday  the  ist  day  of  Febru- 
ary, 1911,  and  find  that  the  foregoing  is  a  full,  true,  cor- 
rect and  exact  copy  thereof  and  of  each  of  them ;  and  we 
further  certify  that  the  facts  set  forth  in  the  preamble 
preceding  such  Amendments  to  said  Charter  are  and  each 
of  them  is  true,  save^nd  excepting  that  as  to  Amendment 
number  seven,  hereinbefore  separately  set  forth,  Charles 
B.  Wing,  as  mayor  of  said  City,  refuses  to  certify  said 
Amendment  number  seven  as  having  been  duly  and  legal- 
ly adopted  at  said  election  by  the  voters  of  said  City  of 
Palo  Alto,  on  the  ground  that  said  electors  were  misled 
in  casting  their  vote  on  said  Amendment  number  seven 
by  reason  of  the  fact  that  in  the  "Instructions  to  Voters" 
an  error  was  made  as  to  said  Amendment  number  seven 
only,  at  said  election ;  that  this  reservation  or  refusal  to 
certify  as  to  Amendment  number  seven  is  made  without 
prejudice  to  Amendments  numbers  eight,  nine,  ten,  elev- 
en, twelve,  thirteen,  fourteen,  fifteen  and  sixteen  herein- 
before set  forth ; 

That  as  to  all  of  said  amendments,  except  Amendment 
number  seven,  this  certificate  shall  be  taken  as  a  full  and 
complete  certification  as  to  the  regularity  of  all  proceed- 
ings had  and  done  in  connection  therewith. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  We  have  hereunto  set  our 
hands  and  caused  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of  Palo 
Alto  to  be  attached,  this  9th  day  of  February,  1911. 

[SEAL]  CHAS.  B.  WING, 

Mayor ; 

FRANK  KASSON, 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto. 


THE  CITY  OF  PALO  ALTO 

AND  WHEREAS,  The  said  ten  amendments  so  ratified 
as  hereinbefore  set  forth  have  been  duly  presented  and 
submitted  to  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  for 
approval  or  rejection  without  power  of  alteration  or 
amendment,  in  accordance  with  said  section  8  of  article 
XI  of  the  constitution  of  the  State  of  California;  now, 
therefore,  be  it 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  of  the  State  of  California, 
the  Assembly  concurring  (a  majority  of  all  members 
elected  at  each  house  voting  for  the  adoption  of  this 
resolution  and  concurring  therein),  that  the  said  ten 
amendments  to  the  said  Charter  of  the  City  of  Palo  Alto 
hereinbefore  set  forth  as  presented  and  submitted  to, 
and  adopted  and  ratified  by  the  qualified  electors  of  said 
City,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  approved  as  a  whole 
for,  and  as  amendments  to  the  said  Charter  of  said  City 
of  Palo  Alto. 


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